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HERE'S THE MOODY MOTOR COMPANY TEAM
Moody Motor Company's team, in the 13-15 Three Team League
of the Junior Baseball Program, is composed of these boys: I. to r„
first row, Jimmy McCleod, John Corriher, Benny Dennard, Levoyd
Hardy, Isaac Davis, David Walker and Jimmy Hardy; back row, I.
to r., Jimmy Rainey, Danny Meadows, Gerald Spena, Larry Bailey,
Edgar Barfield, Dwayne Powell, Larry Huff, Eddie Arnold, and
Manager Herbert Walton. (Home Journal Photo by Henry Gotten).
14 Youths, 14 to 18 Years,
Sentenced by Judge Here
Fourteen Houston county boys
ranging in age from 14 to 18 were
sentenced by Houston Superior
Court Judge A. M. Anderson here
last Wednesday for offenses rang
ing from malicious mischief to
burglary.
They were charged with tearing
up golf greens at the Sandy Run
Golf Course at Warner Robins and
damaging property of Redding
Talton and Wyatt Kersey. Fifteen
youths were involved in one or
another of the activities. Two were
were transferred to juvenile court,
one is in a federal prison, one in
the Army and another pleaded
not guilty.
Appearing before Judge Ander
son last week were;
Preston Anglin, 16, Warner Ro
ins, malicious mischief, ordered
to pay $450 on damages to golf
course within 12 months and fined
SSO; placed on probation for 12
months.
David Griffin, 16, Warner Rob
ins, malicious mischief, ordered to
pay $450 on damages to golf
course within 12 months and fined
SSO; placed on probation for 12
months.
Thad Harris, 17, Warner Robins,
malicious mischief, ordered to pay
$450 on damages to golf course
within 12 months and fined SSO;
placed on probation for 12 months.
Felix Minor, 18, Warner Robins,
malicious mischief, ordered to pay
$450 on damages to golf course
within 12 months and fined SSO;
placed on probation for 12 months.
Ernest Christian, 17, Route 1,
Perry, 4 counts of burglary and
one count of malicious mischief,
probation for two to four years
and fined $l5O.
Stanley Christian, 14, brother of
Ernest Christian, malicious mis
chief, sent to the State Training
School for an indefinite sentence.
Earl Franklin, Macon Street,
Perry, malicious mischief, 12
months on probation and SSO fine.
Donny McElmurray, 18, Route 1,
Perry, malicious mischief, 12
months on probation and SSO fine.
Robert Pendergast, 17, Bonaire,
malicious mischief, 12 months on
probation and SSO fine.
Fred Wood, 18, Warner Robins,
malicious mischief, 12 months on
probation and SSO fine.
Billy O’Herron, 17, Warner Ro
bins, malicious mischief, 12
months on probation and SSO fine.
Ray Taylor, 15, Perry, burglary,
sentenced to State Training School
for indefinite sentence.
Jimmy Carmichael, 16, auto lar
ceny, two to five years in the pen
itentiary; and George W. Richard
son, 16, auto larceny, two to five
years in the penitentiary.
The property of Mr. Talton is
located near Kathleen and the
property of Mr. Kersey at Lake
Joy. These places have been da
maged and burglarized several
times in recent months.
The golf course raids were car
ried out on the night of the jun
ior-senior prom at Warner Robins.
The electric carts at the course
were taken onto the greens and
driven in circles, causing about
SI, BOO worth of damage. Two of
the boys were seniors at Warner
Robins High School and were dis
missed from school.
Others sentenced by Judge An
derson in a “plea session” in Hous
ton superior court included the
following:
Walter L. Lankford, violating
Prohibition law, 12 months on
Public works camp; Estella Bene
field, violating prohibition law, 12
months on probation upon pay
ment of $250 fine; Jasper Lemonia !
Brown, violating prohibition law,
12 months on probation and $250
fine;
Herman Golden, drunk at a pub
Herman Golden, drunk at a pub-
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PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JUNE 23, 1960
lic place, 12 months on probation
and SSO fine; James Henry Ellis,
driving while under influence, 12
months on public works camp;
Eugene Daniel, carrying weapon
concealed and without a license,
previous probation revoked, sen
tenced to 12 months on public
works camp; Jim Henry Maine,
abandonment of minor children,
probation revoked, sentenced to 12
months on public works camp.
Perry Lions Form
Fort Valley Club
The Perry Lions Club sponsored
the organization in Fort Valley of
a new Lions Club, which received
its charter at a special program
at the American Legion Building
in Fort Valley Tuesday night.
Jack Crutchfield, president of
the Perry Club, presided over the
program, and a large number of
Perry Lions attended.
Officers of the new club are
Glenn E. Halverstadt, president;
Orlando Rodriguez, first vice pre
sident; George A. Wilson, second
vice president; W. Harris Dyes,
third vice president; H. F. McEl
roy, secretary-treasurer; and Jim
my Hudson, tail twister and lion
tamer.
The club has 288 charter mem
bers. It will meet each first and
third Tuesday at 7:30 p. m.
District Governor Ridley Bell of
Columbus presented the charter to
the new president.
COMING EVENTS
The monthly activity of the Per
ry Country Club will be a cover
ed dish supper for members on
Wednesday, July 29, at 7:30 p. m.
Supper will be followed by a
choice of entertainment, such as
bridge, canasta or swimming.
The Women’s Executive Board
of the Perry Presbyterian Church
will meet today at the home of
Mrs. Hugh Elder at 8 p. m.
J. M. Tolleson Sr. Is Designated
Ga. 'Master Tree Famer for 1960’
Grovania Groves, Inc., owned by
J. Meade Tolleson and family, has
been designated as a Georgia Tree
Farm and Mr. Tolleson named as
a “Georgia Master Tree Farmer
for 1960.”
Grovania Groves includes 12,790
acres in the Grovania section of
Houston county.
Tree farming means growing
trees as a crop, keeping timber
stands in top growing condition,
growing high quality forest pro
ducts for local use, and harvesting
and marketing these products
wisely.
Master Tree Farmers are those
who have dedicated their lands to
the growing and harvesting of re
peated forest crops.
Mr. Tolleson has been sawmill
ing and growing timber in Hous
ton county for the past 30 years.
He is the major owner of Tolleson
Lumber Company, Inc., Tolleson
Supply Company, Inc., Tolleson
Realty Company, Inc., Perry
j Court, Big Indian Feed Mills, Inc.,
i as well as Grovania Groves.
He is one of these people who
i “loves” pine trees and enjoys
watching them grow. He has car
ried on a reforestation program
| for a number of years on all the
lands he holds and believes in soil
and water conservation.
Mr. Tolleson was one of only
■■ nine in the state of Georgia to be
Mr. Tolleson was one of only
nine in the state of Georgia to be
Methodists Here Get New Pastor
INSIDE STUFF
Our front page is interesting
this week and every week, but
so are our inside pages.
In this issue on inside pages,
you’ll find a number of appeal
ing stories, like the one about
the Perry Country Club’s growth
over the last eight years, written
by Staff Writer Laurie Ander
son.
There are the hundreds of
names you know in our Personal
Mention columns, plus news of
happenings in nearby communi
ties.
And don’t forget the bargains
advertised at our local stores!
Miami to Atlanta
Bicyclist, Taking
Vacation, Rests Here
BY LAURIE ANDERSON
Ever try bicycling 600 miles for
a nice, restful vacation?
You can get your exercise, a
beautiful tan and spare those auto
expenses on the way to that vaca
tion spot. Maybe this is the long
searched-for formula for making
you EAGER to get back to that
old office chair.
Perry was host to one of these
ambitious bicyclers, traveling from
Miami to Atlanta, Thursday. Gene
Neill, 29, left his home in Miami
last Saturday at 4 a. m.
Beginning in the wee hours of
the morning and traveling until
late afternoon, Mr. Neill has aver
aged over 100 miles a day. The
New Perry Hotel was his last over
night stop before Atlanta.
A senior in law school at the
University of Miami, the tall, tan
ned and tired young man in white
bermudas stated that the trip was
for no major purpose other than
to satisfy his own desire to ac
complish the feat.
Upon arriving in Atlanta, Mr.
Neill will rest for a few days be
fore making the return trip to
Miami, where he will be employed
as chief investigator for the Dade
County Public Defender’s Office.
Bicycling, anyone?
Marshall to Attend
Science Institute
Earl Marshall 111, member of
the Perry High School faculty,
will attend the Summer Sciences
Institute at the University of
Georgia June 13-Aug. 18.
Mr. Marshall is one of 102 high
school science and mathematics
teachers to attend the institute,
sponsored by the National Science
Foundation.
This is the third summer that
Mr. Marshall has been invited to
attend the institute.
CARD OF THANKS
May I express my sincere appre
ciation to all my friends who were
so thoughtful of me during my
stay in the hospital and at home.
Your kindness will always be re
membered.
EDNA C. MITCHELL
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designated as a “Georgia Master
Tree Farmer for 1960.”
“The basic aim of the American
Tree Farm System,” according to
the Georgia Tree Farm Commit
tee, Atlanta, “is to place more
woodland under management prac
tices that will bring continuing
benefits to the owner and produce
more and better forest products
for the American people.”
Thrill Motor Courts of America
Will Open Place on U. S. 41 South
“The Route of the Scotchman”
is soon to be added to the list of
highways and routes, which have
given Perry the reputation of be
ing the Crossroads of Georgia.
This route has been so named
because of the mobile Thrift
Courts situated along the high
ways.
The project, begun by the Thrift
Courts of America, Orangeburg,
S. C., will go into operation in
Perry between July 15-20, under
the direction of Stanley Smith and
Stewart Richardson of Perry, and
John Seagler, Roberta, who are
also state sales distributors.
Located next to the radio sta
tion at the corner of Oakridge and
U. S. 41, the motel will be mova
ble to any other site which might
have heavier traffic. It will serve
as a display unit for sales distribu
tion for the state of Georgia.
The 15-unit motel will consist of
small, medium and large rooms,
plus one efficiency apartment.
Reasonably priced, the Thrift
Courts will be a convenient stop
ping place for families of all sizes.
Each unit is air-conditioned and
has electrical heating.
The interior is constructed with
pre-finished plywood paneling.
Carpeting or linoleum-tiled floors
are in every room.
The exterior of the motel is
sided with metal aluminum with
a Roman brick front.
The units, originally developed
by the Hart Industry, Elkhart, In
diana, will be made up completely,
brought into Perry, assembled and
be ready to operate.
Mrs. J. J. Rooney
Dies in Decatur
Mrs. J. J. Rooney, whose hus
band formerly owned the New
Perry Hotel, died in a rest home
at Decatur Tuesday night, local
friends were advised yesterday.
Funeral services will be held at
9 a. m. today in the A. S. Turner
Funeral Home in Decatur and
burial will be in Rose Hill Ceme
tery in Macon at 12:30 p. m.
Mr. and Mrs. Rooney operated
the hotel here for a number of
years and it was under their direc
tion that it became nationally
known as a fine place for over
night accommodations for tour
ists. They sold the hotel to the
present owners, Mr. and Mrs.
Yates Green, about 1946. They
continued to live here for several
years until Mr. Rooney’s death.
They owned the home at 904
Washington Avenue, now owned
by Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Gooden.
At the Hospitals
Orvie Coffman of Clinchfield
was admitted to the Macon Hospi
tal last Wednesday.
Henry Taylor of Perry was dis- j
missed from the Macon Hospital
Thursday.
Mrs. Mary T. McCarthy of Perry j
was admitted to the Macon Hospi-'
tal Friday.
Sonny Livingston, son of Mr. i
and Mrs. W. B. Livingston, is a'
patient at the Taylor Memorial
Hospital in Hawkinsville where he
underwent an appendectomy last
week.
A. G. Wright is a patient in a
hospital in Columbus. He was ta
ken Tuesday by the Gardner Wat
son Ambulance Service. Mrs. 1
James Goad is the daughter of Mr.
Wright.
Ford Elliott was dismissed from
the Macon Hospital Tuesday.
Ed Stokes is a patient at the
Peach County Hospital, Ft. Valley.
He underwent an appendectomy
Tuesday.
CARD OF THANKS
I would like to express my ap
preciation for your thoughtful
cards and visits while I was in the
hospital.
FORD ELLIOTT
Mr. and Mrs. Ted Heath of Au
burn, Alabama, spent the weekend
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Lewis Jacobs. They returned to
Auburn Sunday where they are
students at Auburn University.
Canoeists Reach
St, Simons Safely
Ed Duggan of Perry and Ray
Porter of Barnesville, the Georgia
Tech juniors who took a canoe
voyage from Macon to Brunswick
on the Ocmulgee last week, arriv
ed safely at St. Simons Sunday.
The trip took IVz days, which
was just what they figured on.
The canoe sailors figured from 7
to 9 days for the trip in the boat
that Duggan made in his backyard
here.
Mr. and Mrs. James P. Duggan,
Ed’s parents, went to St. Simons
Monday and returned the boys
and the boat to Perry.
By telephone to his parents, Ed
reported the trip was highly suc
cessful and without trouble.
Funeral Conducted
For W. R. Taylor
Funeral services were held Tues
day afternoon at the Perry Pres
byterian Church for William R.
Taylor, 50, who died Sunday in a
Hawkinsville hospital.
Rev. James Coad and Rev. San
ford Wills officiated, and burial
was in Woodlawn Cemetery.
Pallbearers were Marvin Owen,
Olin Hamlin, J. H. Woodard, Hen
ry Arams, Horace Sledge and Har
old Flournoy.
A native of Mississippi, Mr. Tay
lor was a member of the Perry
Presyterian Church and had been
a machinist with Penn-Dixie Ce
ment Corporation since 1945.
Survivors include his wife, Olive
Eudora Wills Taylor; three daugh
ters, Mrs. C. J. Wilder and Mrs.
James Cummings, both of Ft. Val
ley, and Mrs. A. O. Spinks of Per
ry, and three sons, Billy Taylor,
U. S. Navy, and Johnny and Ray
Taylor, both of Perry.
Gardner Watson Funeral Home
had charge of funeral arrange
ments.
HUNDREDS VISIT
NEW BANK HERE
Between 800 and 1,000 persons
paid a visit to the new $150,000
building of the 71-year-old Perry
Loan and Savings Bank Tuesday
afternoon during an open house
for customers and friends of the
bank.
The crowds inspected the beau
tiful bank building between the
hours of 4 and 7 p. m. The bank
had moved into the new building
during the weekend and opened
for business Monday morning.
Flower arrangements were ev
erywhere in the 5,000-square-foot
building, which has the latest
banking facilities.
New services to be offered by
the bank include a drive-up win
j (low, night depository and an en
velope dispenser so deposits may
be made safely at any time the
bank is not open.
Where the number of safety de-
I posit boxes was limited in the
old bank, a large number of boxes
are available in the new building,
j Representatives of banks from I
all over Middle Georgia were
'among the open house visitors.
Cheeks Off to Cal.
For NEA Convention
Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Cheek and
children left Monday for Los An
geles, where Mr. and Mrs. Cheek
will be official delegates of the
Houston Education Association at
the annual convention of the Na
tional Education Association.
They travelled by car and are
expected to be on the trip for
about two weeks.
Perry Boys Win
Boys State Jobs
Capturing more honors for Per
ry at Boys State in Athens last
week were Graham Gallemore and
Sidney Hardy, who were elected
councilmen of their “cities”.
Reeves Lawson, also council
man, received another office in
the Pulic Service Commission.
Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Barrett and
children spent Sunday at Lake
Blackshear near Cordele.
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REV. JAMES B. HUTCHINSON
C. P. Gray Elected
To Be Lay Leader
Os the Conference
Charles P. Gray of Perry, dis
trict lay leader of the Macon Dis
trict of the South Georgia Confer
ence of the Methodist Church, was
elected conference lay leader at
the annual meeting of the confer
ence at Epworth-by-the-Sea last
week.
Mr. Gray has been district lay
leader since 1952. He takes up his
new duties at once as conference
lay leader, the highest office for a
layman in the conference.
The South Georgia Conference
now has 331 churches in the south
ern part of the state.
Radio WBBN Sold
To Yidalia Man
Radio Station WBBN has been
sold by A1 Evans and the Gateway
Broadcasting Company to Howard
. Gilreath of Vidalia, effective July
1, it was learned yesterday.
Mr. Gilreath is one of the own
ers of the radio stations at Vidalia
and Claxton.
Lowell Register, a former resi
dent of Warner Robins and an
employee of Radio Station WRPB,
will be the manager of the local
station.
The purchase price of the sta
tion was $57,000. The sale has
been approved by the Federal
Communications Commission.
Mr. Evans has not announced
his plans for the future. He es
tablished the station here three
years ago.
TOM MOORE SPEAKS
TO KIWANIS CLUB
Tom Moore, manager of the
Colonial Stores in Perry, was the
speaker at the weekly luncheon
meeting of the Perry Kiwanis Club
Tuesday. He spoke on What Are I
the Odds? t
Hoke Smith and Perry Dominy Given
Awards for Soil Conservation Work
Awards were presented to 27
Soil Conservation Service employ
ees in Georgia June 13 at a ban
quet at the Georgian Hotel in
Athens.
Among those receiving awards
| at this time was Hoke Smith, Area
(Conservationist, Perry, who re
ceived a Service Award for his
leadership in coordinating the ef
forts of the district supervisors,
farmers, equipment dealers and
contractors in staging demonstra
tions showing the application of
soil and water conservation mea
sures the period July 1, 1958 to
September 30, 1959.
Mr. Smith’s area consists of
nine counties in the Ocmulgee
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OUR 90TH YEAR
90 Years Old, But As Modern As
Tomorrow
ESTABLISHED 1870
Hutchinson Conies
Here from Eastman
Rev. James B. Hutchinson, pas
tor of the First Methodist Church
at Eastman, is the new pastor of
the Perry Methodist Church and
will preach his first sermons here
next Sunday, June 26.
Mr. Hutchinson succeeds Rev.
Russell A. Lenox, who was trans
ferred to the Florida Methodist
conference and will be pastor of
the First Methodist Church at
Punta Gorda, Fla., effective this
week.
Mr. Hutchinson has been pastor
at Eastman for the last four years.
Prior to that time, he was pastor
of the First Methodist Church at
Waynesboro for two years, of Al
dersgate Methodist Church, Savan
nah, for six years, of the Brooklet-
New Hope Church for five years,
and at Kite for two years.
A union service of welcome
for the new minister will be
held at the Perry Methodist
Church at the 8 o’clock hour
Sunday night. Members of all
the churches in Perry are invit
ed to attend.
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> Attended Emory University
• Mr. Hutchinson attended Geor
-1 gia Southern College, Statesboro,
and Emory University, Atlanta.
Mrs. Hutchinson is the former
Miss Edna Mims of Sylvania, and
the Hutchinsons have three chil
dren, one daughter who is mar
ried and living at Savannah, and
two sons, Jimmy and Harrell. Jim
my will be a sophomore at Georgia
Southern College in September
and Harrell will be a senior in
i high school here.
r Mr. Hutchinson is a member of
1 the Board of Pensions of the South
,r Georgia Conference and a member
of the Board of Trustees at An
- drew College. For the past two
i years he has served as secretary
of the Board of Missions for the
- Americus District. He has been
i elected to serve for four years on
, the Board of Evangelism for the
1 South Georgia Conference.
Other pastoral changes in this
■ area included:
’ Warner Robins, Third Metho
dist, Rev. Clarence Newton Jr.;
W or ner Robins, NorthvieW, Rev.
Frank Perry; Andrew • Bonaire,
' Rev. W. A. Smith; Byron, Rev. T.
1 E. Barrett; Powersville - Wesley,
Rev. James Langston; Unadilla,
Rev. H. G. McCrary (A. C. Prick
ett, formerly at Unadilla, goes to
Lumber City).
Rev. William M. Whipple, son
of Mr. and Mrs. W. K. Whipple of
Perry, was assigned to the. Wild
wood Church in the Savannah Dis
trict. He has been at Graves for
two years.
Hutchinson Comes
' River Soil Conservation District
• land seven counties in the Central
Georgia Soil Conservation District.
His office is located in the S. A.
1 Nunn Building.
Ajso receiving awards from this
; area for sustained above average
performance of duties for calendar
year 1959 were Perry F. Dominy,
agricultural engineer, Perry, and
Frank H. Lowery, Fort Valley.
Director George H. King of the
Georgia Experiment Stations was
the principal speaker, emphasizing
some of the fundamentals toward
accomplishing outstanding work.
C. W. Chapman, state conserva
tionist of the Soil Conservation
Service, presided and made pre
sentations of the awards.
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HOKE SMITH