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Perm-Dixie Job in Full Swing
Giant Silos Rise
137 Feet in Sky
In Non-Stop Run
Two hundred men working
around the clock for nine straight
days can erect great buildings.
Construction of 10 silos capable
of holding 168,500 barrels of ce
ment is nearing a climax at Penn-
Dixie Cement Corp.’s Clinchfield
plant, where this number of men
have been working 24 hours a day
ever since Tuesday, June 21.
By 6 p. m. today, the outside of
the silos will be completed, rising
137 feet above the concrete and
steel foundation. Nine days ago,
only the foundation was there.
The new silos, which will double
the storage capacity at Penn-Dixie,
dwarf the present silos at the
plant and rise about 20 feet high
er than the smoke stack that is a
familiar landmark in this section.
Silos Go Up Fast
Tom L. Starnes, project mana
ger for Walsh, Cornell - Young
Companies, which has the contract
for building the silos, says the
construction of such projects “is a
building superintendent’s dream”
because he can say: “Look what
we have done in nine days—there
was nothing there nine days ago
and look at the job now.”
“But,” says Mr. Starnes, “a great
deal of work lies ahead. It’s sort
of like building a house—the hull
goes up fast and then comes the
tedious part.”
The silos are standing on a four
foot-thick foundation of concrete
and steel. The foundation itself
required 2,000 yards of concrete
and 102 tons of steel. The builders
moved 9,500 yards of dirt to get
down to the foundation they want
ed.
5,600 Yards of Concrete
The silos themselves, which have
nine-inch walls, required 5,600 cu
bic yards of concrete and 480 tons
of steel.
If one truck had hauled all the
concrete for the silos, the truck
would have traveled 36,000 miles.
This interesting statistic was fig
ured out by M. T. O’Conner, Penn-
Dixie’s project engineer on the
overall expansion work going on
at Penn-Dixie.
During the nine-day “crash”
construction of the silos, 10 trucks
have been running 24 hours a day
from the concrete mixing plant of
Wash, Cornell-Young Companies
at Warner Robins to Clinchfield.
Big lights have illuminated the
whole area during the eight nights
so that the work could proceed
without let-up.
No Stopping Until Finished
Once the walls are started there
is no stop, because the builders
do not want a break of any kind
in the 137 feet walls.
They use the “slip form” me
thod of construction, with the
forms being slipped a little higher
every four or five minutes. The
forms are raised by hydraulic
jacks five-eighths to three-quar
ters of an inch every four to five
minutes. And all the time the steel
workers are tying in more rein
forcing steel rods and the con
crete men are pouring more con
crete.
(P. S.: They used Penn-Dixie
Cement on this job.)
Present indications, Mr. Starnes
says, are that the silos will be
ready to turn over to Penn-Dixie
in November or December. Each
of the 10 silos is 32 feet in diame
ter and four of them are divided
into three sections each. A passen
ger elevator will be installed, but
there will be ladders in event
the elevator got stuck at the top.
The silos will be equipped for
bulk loading.
Walsh Construction Company is
a specialist in cement plant con
struction, and is associated with
Cornell-Young Company for this
project.
Other Expansion Projects
Erection of the silos is just one
phase of the big expansion pro
gram at Penn-Dixie.
A new kiln, 450 feet long, is be
ing constructed in Allentown, Pa.,
for assembly at the Clinchfield
Plant. The new kiln will equal the
Production of the present three
165-foot kilns in operation at the
Plant.
It will be assembled on tremen
dous concrete piers and will not
be covered. It should arrive here
In the next month and will be
erected alongside the present
kilns.
B B. Nall, Penn-Dixie’s plant
superintendent at the Clinchfield
Plant, said Penn-Dixie now em
ploys 173 persons here. The num-
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PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JUNE 30, 1960
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SUSAN DUBOIS AND HER NEW BLUE BICYCLE
Sold Enough Home Journal Subscriptions in 2 Days to Win
Susan Dußois First to Win Bicycle
In Home Journal Subscription Drive
House Numbering
Survey Launched
Clark Doster has been engaged
by the City of Perry to make a
survey of house numbers in Perry
with the view to correcting possi
ble errors and getting all houses
in town properly.
Mayor Milton Beckham said Mr.
Doster already has started his
work. Residents of houses which
have no numbers will be advised
of the correct numbers. The city
will request those displaying in
correct numbers to change.
Stores which make deliveries re
port having a lot of difficulty in
locating houses because of the hap
hazard numbering system.
Herndon Injured
In Auto Accident
Harry Herndon was admitted to
the Macon Hospital Saturday after
a truck loaded with peach work
ers crashed into his automobile at
Highway Haven on U. S. 41, five
miles north of Perry.
He is listed in fair condition,
suffering a back injury, a broken
cheekbone and several cuts about
the head.
Cpl. Marvin Griffin of the Geor
gia Highway Patrol said the truck
smashed into the car when its
brakes failed at an intersection.
Approximately 35 peach pickers
were on the truck, enroute back
to their homes in Ft. Valley.
Griffin said charges of failing to
stop at an intersection and having
faulty brakes were filed against
William Mathews, 63, who was
driving the truck.
Stainaker Says
He Is Opposed to
2nd Courthouse
Paul Stainaker, candidate for
Houston county representative in
the state legislature, said yester
day he is opposed to building “an
other courthouse” to establish a
City Court in Warner Robins.
“I have never said that I would
support a City Court in Warner
Robins,” Mr. Stainaker said. “We
have a courthouse in Perry. It is
the county seat. Let’s use it. A
small claims court held in the
County Office Building in Warner
Robins might be worthwhile, al
though I can’t see building an
other ‘courthouse’ in the county.
If elected, I will do what the ma
jority of you, the taxpayers, want
me to do.”
Mr. Stainaker said he will op
pose a pay raise for members of
the legislature, that he favors re
moval of the state sales tax from
medicines. He said he will pro
pose a bill to place the responsi
bility for operating the public
work camps on the county com
missioners of each county and take
the responsibility off the camp
wardens.
ber of additional employees need
ed to operate the new sections of
the plant has not been determined,
he said.
Mr. Starnes said the expansion
program is expected to be com-:
pleted in March or April of 1961.
Susan Dußois, 12-year-old daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Hary Dußois,
1104 E. Tolleson Street, was the
first solicitor to win a bicycle for
selling subscriptions to The Hous
ton Home Journal.
Susan turned in her 15 subscrip
tions last Saturday after working
only two full days. She picked up
her shiny, new, blue bike Monday.
She was one of 20 boys and
girls who are seeking to win a
bicycle or a watch for selling sub
scriptions.
Boys and girls who are inter
ested MUST come by the Home
Journal office and pick up an of
ficial receipt book and get the of
ficial rules for the “Win a Bike”
Plan.
Here are the other boys and
girls who are combing Perry and
surrounding areas for subscrip
tions:
Gene Collier, 1004 Northside
Drive.
Larry Ellison, 1107 Meeting
Street.
Ronnie Kinnas, 1100 First Street.
James Bloodworth, Elko.
Larry Mosteller, 1001 Duncan
Avenue.
Sara Ruth Irby, 1004 Gilmer
Street.
Diana Darity, Beverly Darity,
Belinda Darity, 605 Hillcrost Ave.
Benny Stafford, Rt. 1, Kathleen.
Isaac and Gerry Davis, 921
Clinchfield Circle.
Sharon Odom, 1300 Smoak Ave
nue.
Barbara Moody, 1211 Third
Street.
Franklin McDowell, Gordon
Street.
Arlene Moon, 1701 Sewell Cir
cle.
Patsy Horne, 1412 Main Street.
Ray Leach, 1407 Main Street.
Johnny Banister, colored, 1112
Perry Avenue.
Lonnie Ezell, colored, Route 2,
Perry.
Sammy James Felder, colored,
Five Points.
School Patrolmen
Thank Contributors
The Schoolboy Patrol wishes to
thank all of the merchants, indi
viduals and organizations who con
tributed toward our trip to Day
tona Beach, Fla., this summer.
Without your financial help we
could not have made the enjoy
able trip.
We would like to thank the Ve
terans of Foreign Wars for their
contribution of S9O, which will be
used to send the schoolboy patrol
of next year to Camp Safety Pa
trol at Lake Blackshear.
CHIEF J. B. HAWKINS
WBBN Changes Owners and Letters;
Effective Friday, It'll Be WPGA
WBBN, in Perry, will get newj
owners as of Friday, July 1.
On this date also the call letters
of the station will be changed to
WPGA, meaning that you’re al
ways Welcomed to Perry GeorgiA.
Heading the organization will be
Howard Gilreath, from Vidalia,
and Lowell Register, from Clax
ton, formerly of Warner Robins.
Jim Lee and Thad Brown, present
ly associated with the station, will
remain, Mr. Gilreath said. Exten
sive modernization plans are in
the making and new equipment
EDITORIAL
Those Who Will Die Do Not Know It
We regret to announce the coming death of about 20
people in Georgia.
The times of their deaths will vary, but they will not be
with us after the July 4th holiday.
They will die in traffic accidents in Georgia between Fri
day night and Monday night.
Col. William Trotter of the State Department of Public
Safety makes this prediction. His predictions are usually pret
ty accurate because he keeps accurate records of the numbers
who have died in similar holiday weekends.
The people who are going to die do not know it.
We pray that it will not be you.
Houston Hospital
Sets Open House
Saturday, Sunday
The million - dollar Houston
County Hospital at Warner Robins
will hold open house from 2 p. m.
to 6 p. m. on two days—Saturday
and Sunday, July 2 and 3, it was
announced this week by Miss Lou
Abrams, administrator.
The beautiful new hospital will
begin receiving patients on Friday,
July 8, and predictions are that
it will be running to its capacity
of 50 beds within six months
from the opening.
Parker in Tie for Lead in Georgia
Junior Golf Tourney in Valdosta
Home Hardware Hit
By Burglar Tuesday
Home Hardware and Supply Co.,
U. S. 41 South, was burglarized
during Tuesday night and S4O in
cash taken, Policeman Charles
Hicks said yesterday.
The burglar entered through a
back door, which was pried open.
The money was taken from a cash
drawer.
Manager Billy Ransom discov
ered the burglary when he opened
the store Wednesday morning.
On Dean's List
Mary Elizabeth Coleman of Per
ry has been named to the dean’s
academic honors list for the spring
quarter at LaGrange College.
In order to attain dean’s list
status at the Methodist liberal arts
college, a student must have a
ratio of honor points to hours of
2.25 or better in a regular pro
gram of 12 hours for one quarter.
Miss Coleman is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Coleman of
611 Lawson Drive, Perry and a
graduate of Perry High School.
She is a junior at LaGrange Col
lege.
Most Stores Plan
To Close Monday
Perry’s stores, governmental
offices, banks and the post of
fice will be closed for the
Fourth of July observance Mon
day.
The drug stores will observe
Sunday hours on the Fourth.
A few grocery stores will be
open Monday.
McNEILL ATTENDING
KIWANIS MEETING
Robert J. McNeill, president of
the Perry Kiwanis Club, is at
tending the convention of Kiwanis
International at Miami, Fla., this
week as an official delegate of the
local club. He was accompanied by
Mrs. McNeill. The convention
started Sunday and runs through
Friday.
i will be added, including a station
wagon with two-way radio for on
the spot news coverage.
New chief engineer for the sta
tion will be Bob Goode, from Haw
kinsville, who for the last year
has been associated with the Vi
dalia station.
A1 Evans, present part-owner
and manager of the station, is
making tentative plans to buy a
Florida station near his family,
Mr. Gilreath stated.
An open house will be held la
ter and the public will be cordially
invited to visit the new facilities.
Discount Deadline
On City Taxes Friday
If you have been waiting for
the deadline for receiving a 3
per cent discount on your city
taxes, that time has come.
If you pay your city taxes in
full by 5 p. m. tomorrow, Fri
day, July 1, you will earn a 3
per cent discount. Otherwise,
you will have to pay the full
amount shown on your tax no
tice.
They are ready for the rush
down at City Hall, so you can be
taken care of today or tomor
row.
BULLETIN
Norman Parker 111 dropped to
a 77 on his third round but held
onto second place in the State
Junior Golf Tournament at Val
dosta yesterday. Bobby Jones
shot a 75 yesterday. Parker now
has 225 and Jones 220 after 54
holes.
Perry’s Norman Parker 111 pull
ed into a tie for first place in the
Georgia Junior Chamber of Com
merce Junior Golf Tournament in
Valdosta Tuesday.
Norman, 17-year-old senior next
year at Perry High School, shot
his second 74 round Tuesday to tie
at 148 with Bert Green of Eastman
and Johnny Smith of Waycross.
Norman is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Norman Parker Jr., 1321
Georgia Avenue, and a member of
the Perry High School golf team
that won the State Class B crown
this year.
Bobby Jones, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Robert B. Jones, 1318 E.
Parkway Drive, the No. 2 man on
the Perry team, was right up there
in the top of the championship
flight, carding two 77’s for a 154
total for the two days.
The other Perry players in the
tournament, whose scores were
not available, include A1 Lasseter,
George Brown, Gary Boler, Bob
Waddick and Porter Staples. The
tourney runs through today.
The top four golfers in the state
meet will win a trip to Waterloo,
lowa, for the national Junior Golf
Tournament sponsored by the U.
S. Jaycees.
RAI
Miss Sally Rapp is shown re
ceiving her nurses cap on June
4, after completing nine months
of training at Grady Memorial
Hospital in Atlanta. The cap was
presented to her by Miss Francis
Hammett, director of nurses at
Grady. A class of 67 girls were
honored at the capping ceremony
in the hospital chapel. Sally is
the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Harry Rapp.
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ager Otis Whitten. (Home Jouurnal Staff Photo by Henry Gotten).
Junior Baseball All-Stars
To Battle It Out on 4th
The annual Junior Baseball All-
Star game will be staged at the
Perry Athletic Field at 7 p. m.
Monday, July 4, under sponsorship
of the Perry Club Council.
The players and managers of the
two teams were announced yester
day by Baseball Commissioner Co
hen Walker.
Team No. 1 will be managed by
Otis Whitten, Lory Gunter and Ri
ley Young. Players are Berry Mob
ley, Wayne Marshall, Dick Gayle,
Charles Boswell, Alrie Adams, Ed
Pierce, Wimpy Huff, Steve Gaddis,
David Hathaway, Wright McCarty,
Rodney Lockerman and Larry
Walton.
Team No. 2 will be managed by
Bubber Pierce, Seabie Hickson
and Stoney Jackson. Players will
be Joe Martin, David Dismuke,
Benny Mygrant, James Layson,
Draper Watson, Joe Baxley, David
Russell, Frank Williams, David
Mclntyre, Skeet Hulbert and Da
vid Lee.
After the All-Star game, Com
missioner Walker will speak to
the crowd briefly about the Junior
Baseball Program and what it
means to the young boys of Perry,
A cash attendance prize will be
awarded at this time.
Two teams chosen from the
three Babe Ruth teams will then
play an exhibition game to close
out the night’s program.
The All-Stars in the 13-15-year
old league are Ronnie Sanders,
Ronnie Kinnas, Russ Mayo, John
McNeill, Pete Dennard and Louis
Pearce, all from Gray-Walker-Un
ion Motor Co. team; Butch Skin
ner, Ray Matthews, Bert Bozeman,
Rodney Hunt, Sonny Wilson and
Jimmy Law, all from the Chap
man-Beatty team.
They will play the Moody Motor
Co. team.
Members of all the civic clubs in
the city which are affiliated with
the Perry Club Council are selling I
tickets to the game in an effort
to raise money and also to insure
a good crowd that will encourage
the boys in the Junior Baseball
Program. Children’s tickets are 50
cents and adult tickets are sl.
Lightning Bolt Kills Two Golfers,
One from Perry, on W. Robins Links
A lightning bolt from a black
cloud killed two golfers—one a
Perry man—at Sandy Run Golf
Club near Warner Robins last
Saturday morning. Several other
men were stunned but expected to
recover.
Dead were John C. Helm, 35, of
1211 Jewel Drive, Perry, and
Thomas E. Jerles, 37, Macon, both
employees at Robins Air Force
Base.
The lightning bolt struck some
tall pines and a small wood rain
shelter into which 22 men had
crowded when they saw the storm
approaching. It threw men and
golf carts and clubs in every direc
tion.
At least five Perry men were on
the golf course or at the club
house when the storm struck.
Frank Morrin, 1102 Jewel Drive,
was in or near the shed and was
knocked unconscious. He was
treated at the Clinic in Warner
Robins and recovered sufficiently
to serve as a pallbearer at Mr.
Helm’s funeral Monday.
H. K. (Bill) Leach, 1407 Main
Street, said he was lying in the
middle of the fairway as the elec
trical storm broke. He said he
made it a practice not tc go near
trees or buildings when lightning
came.
Virgil Brooks, 1013 Duncan Ave
nue, and Milan T. Morrow, 1320
Davis Avenue, were in another
1870-1960
OUR 90TH YEAR
90 Years Old, But As Modern As
Tomorrow
ESTABLISHED 1870
'Ham' Operators
Run for 23 Hours
In Field Day Here
Two amateur radio operators
and a 14-year-old “apprentice’*
celebrated Amateur Radio Week
here last Sunday by using emer
gency equipment for 23 straight
hours to transmit and send mes
sages.
The operators are John An
drews, 1416 Elizabeth Avenue
(Call Letters K4SZF) and Joe Da
vidson of Fort Valley (Call Letters
K4FPP).
The learner is Henry Gotten,
Forest Hill Drive, a 10th grader
at Perry High School. He hasn’t
been licensed yet but he’s on this
way.
Using a gas-operated generator,
they went on the air at the tower
of Houston Forestry Unit about 5
p. m. Saturday and made contact
with 56 operators over the country
during the next 23 hours. They
ceased their operations at 4 p. m.
Sunday and went to their homes
for some much-needed shut-eye.
This was known as a “field day’*
by the “ham” radio operators all
over the U. S. They could have
done it the easy way, like plug
ging into a light socket, but they
got more credit for using the
emergency equipment “in the
field.”
Pool Being Built
By Colonial Court
Colonial Court, U. S. 41 South,
is constructing a swimming pool
in front of the court, Owner Don
ald Ross said yesterday.
ON HONOR ROLL
Miss Sylvia Spencer was listed
on the Honor Roll for the first
semester at Huntingdon College in
Montgomery, Alabama. Sylvia is a
senior this year at Huntingdon.
shed about 350 yards from the
scene of the tragedy. Paul Hall,
801 Newman Place, was at the
clubhouse when word came that
some men were hurt and he used
his car to take some of the men
to the Clinic. He had completed
his round of golf and was not out
on the course.
Funeral services for Mr. Helm
were held at 11 a. m. Monday in
the Perry Methodist Church.
Rev. James Hutchnison and Rev.
James Coad officiated. Burial was
in Woodlawn Cemetery.
Pallbearers were Jack Davis,
James Hayes, Douglas Wall, Frank
Morrin, George Boyer, Ted Demar
est, Joe Thrasher and Bob Stew
art.
Mr. Helm, 35, was born in Ala
bama and had moved to Perry
three years ago from Warner Ro
bins. He was an employee of Ro
bins Air Force Base where he was
a supervisor and general supply
officer.
He was a veteran of World War
11, a Mason, a graduate of the
University of Florida and a mem
ber of the Presbyterian church.
Survivors include his wife, Jane
Williams Helm of Perry; four
daughters, Mickey, Mary Jane, Me
and Dorothy, all of Perry;
and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jack
B. Wilson of Miami, Fla.
Gardner Watson Funeral Home
of Perry was in charge of arrange
ments.