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VOL. 90 NO. 51
Winners Announced Here
For Yuletide Decorations
Perry Will Host
Tourney Dec. 29-30
For 4 Top Teams
Perry High will be host Dec. 29-
30 to three of the top high school
basketball teams in Middle Geor
gia Warner Robins, Crawford
County and Unadilla—in a four
team tournament.
Unadilla and Warner Robins,
the later of which is undefeated,
will open the tournament at 7 p.
m. Thursday night, Dec. 29, and
Perry will play Crawford County
at 8:15. The girls teams of Perry
and Unadilla will play an exhibi
tion game at 5:30.
If the favorites survive, it will
be Unadilla against Crawford
County at 7 p. m. Friday, Dec. 30,
with Perry and Warner Robins
fighting for the tourney title at
8 p. m.
The Robins Demons have a high
scorer in Bob Davis, whose eagle
eye has brought him a 25-points a
game this season.
Perry has back this year Lee
Martin, now a junior, who was out
of action last year because of a
football injury. He’s hitting about
25 points a game, too.
The Panthers, made up of four
juniors and a sophomore, have
ability to be one of the best of a
long line of championship teams.
But they are still inexperienced
and may not have the necessary
savvy for a title by tournament
time.
Perry has defeated Unadilla and
Crawford County during the sea
son, but either is capable of knock
ing off a favorite.
Perry’s starting lineup proba
bly will be Martin and Ronnie!
Griffin at guards, George Nunn 1
at center, and Dwayne Powell and
Dennis Fike at guards. Powell is I
the only soph on the team. Griffin 1
has returned to action despite a
cast on his wrist, which he broke
in the Willingham game.
Charge to Be Made
For Photographs
Effective Jan. 1, 1961, The
Home Journal will charge for pub
lishing engagement and wedding
photographs.
This charge is made necessary
because of the increase in costs of
having photo engravings made.
The charges will be $1.50 for a
one-column cut and $2.50 for a
two-column cut. There will be no
fee for the write-up of the engage
ment or wedding.
WPGA Offers Local
Christmas Programs
7 a. m., Perry High Cantata.
10:30 a. m., Mr. Pickwick’s
Christmas.
12:30 p. m., A Christmas Carol.
2:30 p. m., The Littlest Angel.
3 p. m., First Baptist Cantata.
4 p. m., Perry Methodist Canta
ta.
5 p. m., Houston County Train
ing School.
Perimeter Road
Awarded to County
The Houston County Commis
sioners Tuesday voted to accept a
state highway department contract
for paving the “perimeter road”
in the City of Perry.
The contract was for SII,OOO and
work will start as soon as weather
will permit. The county will do the
work under the state contract.
The “perimeter road” will con
nect the Fort Valley Road with
the Macon Road and the Houston
Lake Road.
Perryan Completes
Officers Training
f irst Lieut. Paul Smallwood Jr.
graduated with honors on Decem
lur 16 from Officers Training
School at Maxwell Air Force Base,
Montgomery, Ala.
His wife attended the exercises
ln Montgomery while the two
'laughters spent the time here in
’crry with their grandparents.
° n Sunday afternoon, Lt. and
■ rs - Smallwood and their two chil
dren returned to their home in
■avannah where Lt. Smallwood
has been reassigned to Hunter Air
force Base.
Kountal
PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, DEC. 22, 1960
Awards for the best Christmas
decorations in Perry were an
nounced yesterday following the
judging by an out-of-town com
mittee Tuesday night.
Most Original Outside Decora
tions: Mrs. James Basinger, 601
Hillcrest, first; Mrs. W. C. Wil
liams, 1204 Cater Circle, second;
■ Mrs. W. C. Bates, 617 Lawson
[ Drive, third.
Best Over-all Effect: Mrs. G. T
1 Pierce Jr, 1302 Smoak Ave, first;
• Mrs. W. B. Evans, 1003 Main St,
second; Mrs. A. H. Cotton, 905
, Godfrey PI, third.
Traditional Doors: Mrs. Wilson
Moody, 1106 Cater Ave, first; Mrs.
Ruby Middlebrooks, 805 Evergreen
St, second; Mrs. Hugh Lawson,
1304 Swift St, third; Mrs. Dave
Crockett, 1300 Parkway Dr, hon
orable mention.
Most Original Doorways: Mrs.
Harold Green, Cooper St, first;
Mrs. Billy Locke, Nancelon Dr,
second; Mrs. Allen Tabor, 609
Hillcrest, third; Mrs. Wordna
Gray, 1104 Swift St, honorable
mention.
Most Outstanding Business Win
dows: Vanity Shop, first; Abi
gail’s Gift Shoppe, second; Thrift
Courts of America, third.
Awards will be made later.
White Nominated
Georgia Farmer
Arthur A. White Sr, Byron, has
been nominated for Georgia’s Far
mer of The Year honors in 1960.
County Agent George Allmond
nominated Mr. White for the hon
ors from Houston county. An-1
nouncement of the state winner
will be made in January.
Sponsoring the selection of
Georgia’s Farmer of The Year is
j The Georgia Farmer, privately
i owned farm magazine edited in
I two editions from Atlanta.
I
I Mr. White now operates 945
1 acres as a general farm. He has ex-
I panded during the past 33 years.
Judging of the Georgia Farmer
of The Year competition is based
40 per cent on progress in agri
culture, 35 per cent on Soil and
natural resource conservation
practices and 25 per cent on con
tributions to community and state,
according to Elmo Hester, The
Georgia Farmer editor.
Judges of the county nominees
will be J. W. Fanning, agricultural
economics division chairman at
the University of Georgia; W. R.
O’Dell, Newnan, president of the
Georgia Crop Improvement Asso
ciation; John P. Duncan Jr, Ma
con, president of the Georgia
Farm Bureau Federation; J. A.
Stewart, Thomasville, president of
the Georgia Livestock Association,
and A. C. Smith Jr, Gumming,
president of the Georgia Poultry
Federation.
It's Dry; Firemen
Answer Three Calls
A rash of fires plagued Perry
firemen the first part of Christ
mas week.
Sunday afternoon they answer
ed a call to the home of Anna
Felton, Oldfield Lane, where a
kerosene heater had exploded.
About 12:45 Tuesday morning they
were called to New Hope where
a vacant 4-room house was heavi
ly damaged by fire. On Tuesday
afternoon grass fires in the Sand
t Hill section threatened to get out
of control and they were called
> to extinguish the flames. None of i
these fires caused anything more
, than minor damage, but the fire
. I department issues a warning to
j ] everyone to be extremely cautious
in burning debris of any kind dur
ing this dry season.
| Watson Resigns Job
As Tax Assessor
R. H. (Sonny) Watson submit
ted his resignation as a member
of the Houston County Board of
Tax Assessors to the board of
commissioners in session Tuesday.
' Mr. Watson’s resignation, which
, was accepted, was because he felt
’ that he could not give sufficient
time to the tax assessors and serve
3 as clerk of the county commis
j sioners.
L The commissioners are expected
to appoint a successor to Mr. Wat
-1 son at their next meeting on Jan.
- 5 -
j 1 The Tuesday meeting was for
1 the purpose of closing out as much
r i 960 business as possible before
! the holidays.
p A
Our Wish For You 2
flf we could shower you with gifts
This Christmas you would see P.
The very ones you hope for, ft
M All stacked beneath your tree ...
St Health and wealth and happiness; l|
Good friends by the score, Wo
RAnd satisfaction in your work
More than you'Ve known before ...
The blessings of a happy heart;
Os home and loved ones too,
§ God's greatest gifts, we wish you Vo
Now and next year too!
—Hazel Mitchell
Jaycees Can Use
More Toys to Give
To Needy Children
Jaycees will play Santa Christ
mas Eve when they will distribute
around 1,000 toys of all descrip
tions to children of needy families
in and around Perry.
Jaycees Gus Williams and Louis
Smith along with Raymond Gorn
j to, director, urge you to bring
your toys or other gifts to them at
the Toy Center next to Wynn’s
5 & 10 or call GA 9-2100 so they
can be up.
Although they have received a'
lot of toys, new and old, they can
still use some more. Cash dona
tions can also be made to pur
chase clothes for some of the chil
dren. Remember, YOU can make
some child happy on Christmas
morning by giving NOW, to this
very worthwhile project sponsored
by the Perry Jaycees.
COMING EVENTS
Kiwanis Club Ladies Night will
be observed at 7:30 p. m. today
at the New Perry Hotel.
Schedule of services at the First
Baptist Church on Sunday, Dec.
25, will be as follows: Sunday
School at 10 a. m.; worship ser
vice at 11:10 a. m.; combined
Training Union and evening wor
ship to be held at 5 p. m.
A Watch Night service of Holy
Communion will be held at 11:45
p. m. Saturday at the Perry Me
thodist Church.
Fitzpatrick Named
To Ga, Committees
Senator Mark W. Fitzpatrick of
Jeffersonville has been named Se
cretary of the Senate Highways
Committee, Lt. Governor Garland
T. Byrd announced today.
Senator Fitzpatrick represents
the 51st Senatorial District which
I includes Bibb, Twiggs, and Hous- 1
ton counties.
The lieutenant governor also an-]
nounced that Senator Fitzpatrick
will be a member of the Educa-j
tional matters and rules commit
tees for the senate.
Senator Fitzpatrick, who was
elected in the November General
Election, will be sworn in for a]
two year term when the General
Assembly convenes January 9.
PERRY PATTER
Three pint-size cowboys strolling
; down Carroll Street Saturday as
■ ternoon .... youngest about three
—six shooters strapped to his hips
] —pink plastic bottle filled with
milk stuck in his mouth.
] Husband remembering what
. comes after Christmas “Christ
mas we’re all decked out in our
1 best apparel .... the first of the
. month we’ll be in a barrel.”
Small girl to mother who has
■ just lost handful of change in
! crowd of Christmas shoppers . . .
. “Oh, don’t worry Mama, you was
•gonna spend it anyway.”
Georgia Power Co. Pays Tax Bills
To City, $1,007, to County $32,572
Checks bringing the amount of
the Georgia Power Company’s pro
perty tax payments to $6,121,734
are being presented this week to
municipal and county government
officials, according to Jack E.
Crutchfield, local manager.
A check was delivered to Hous
ton County in the amount of
t $32,572.19 and to the City of Perry
for $1,007.78. J
Mr. Crutchfield reported the]
(amount compares with a total of,
$5,683,400 paid by the company
for its 1959 property taxes.
Os this sum, $3,047,142 goes into
general county funds, $2,056,598
to school districts, $970,658 to
cities and towns, and $47,335 to'
Georgia and adjoining states.
Earlier in the year, municipal
partnership tax payments totaling I
$2,292,797 were paid by the com-]
pany to the 392 cities, towns and
communities in which the firm’s 1
partnership franchise agreement 1
was in effect. Under this agree
ment, the company pays each mu-j
nicipality in which it operates
three per cent of its gross revenue 1
from the sale of electricity for re
sidential and commercial use.
These municipal partnership tax
payments were in addition to pro
perly tax payments.
The Georgia Power Company of
ficial pointed out that more than
20 per cent of the company’s total
revenue goes to pay taxes, includ
ing federal and state income taxes,
municipal partnership taxes, and
others.
Mitchell Installed
As RAM High Priest
I
O. L. Mitchell was installed as
high priest of Perry Chapter No.
j 62, RAM, Monday night, Decem
ber 19.
Mr. Mitchell was installed by the
most excellent grand high priest of
] Georgia, Raymond E. Keen. Mr.
] Keene was introduced by Tom
Bateman, grand secretary of Geor
jgia.
Officers elected to serve with
Mr. Mitchell during the coming
year are Walter C. McDowell,
king; F. M. Greene Jr., scribe;
1 Idus W. NeSmith, principal sq
j journer; Clarence Wiederspan,
captain of the host; Johnny Wil-,
liamson, Royal Arch captain; W.
R. Richardson Jr., first veil; T. J.
Sprouse, second veil; Dan Britton,
third veil; Alton Rainey, secretary;
F. M. Greene Jr., treasurer.
Majorettes Going
To Georgia Clinic
Four majorettes of the Perry
High School Band have been in-]
vited to attend the Majorette Clin
ic at the University of Georgia on
January 7.
This clinic is part of the Annual
High School Music Festival and
approximately 400 majorettes are
expected to attend.
The Perry majorettes (no sen
iors) are: Carol Etheridge, Billie
Reed Coby, Lynn Smith and Mar
tha Lynn Watson.
Everything Closed
On Monday, Dec, 26
Perry stores and government of
fices will be closed all day, Mon
day, Dec. 26, in observance of a
Christmas holiday since Christmas
falls on Sunday this year.
! City hall will close Saturday,
Dec. 24, at 10 a. m. and will re
open at 8:30 a. m. Tuesday, Dec.
• 27.
| The tax collector’s office at the
1 county courthouse will be open
from 8 a. m. to 12 noon, Dec. 24
• for registration of voters.
Other offices in the courthouse
1 will close Friday afternoon and
1 not reopen until Tuesday morning.
| The banks will close after their
] regular Saturday business hours
on Saturday and reopen on Tues
-1 day.
The post office will observe all
day Monday as a holiday. Only box
j mail will be put up.
The drug stores will observe
1 Sunday hours of 8:30 to 11 a. m. on
Monday, Dec. 26.
I Most of the stores in Perry will
remain open until 9 o’clock on
both Friday and Saturday nights
this week to serve shoppers up to
the very last minute.
Stores will return to the pro
gram of closing on Wednesday af
ternoons on Dec. 28. Stores will
close at 1 p. m. that day.
Middleton Chosen
For 'Honor Band'
The University of Georgia is the
site of the Eleventh Annual High
School Music Festival scheduled
for January 7, 1961.
Artie Middleton, Ist trombonist
of the Perry High School Band,
has been selected to play in the
Festival Band, which will be com
posed of 135 band students from
every part of the state. Robert
Lowry will conduct the band.
Nme-y one Georgia high school
bands sent in applications. Forty
four of those bands will have two
studenis each in the band, while
47 nands will have only one stu
dent in the band. Three students
were submitted from the Perry
band, and one was selected.
The Festival Band will rehearse
all day January 7, climaxed by the
Festival Concert at 7:30 o’clock
that evening. The Festival Chorus
I and the Festival Symphony Or
-1 chestra will also perform at the
concert. Following the concert,
1 the Dixie Redcoat Band of the
: University of Georgia, will enter
tain the high school students with
several band selections.
I I
Lt. and Mrs. Malcolm McPhaul 1
and baby daughter, Randie, will
spend the holidays in Cochran and
Perry with their families, Mr. and ]
Mrs. R. E. Dykes and Mrs. Neal
McPhaul.
* * ♦
Mrs. Neal McPhaul has returned
from a visit with her daughter,
Mrs. Fred Newman, Mr. Newman
and children at Toccoa.
Fewer Building Permits
Issued in Perry in 1960
The City of Perry issued 75 per
mits for a total of $772,220 worth
of construction during the last 12
months, a decline of 23 permits
and more than a quarter of a mil
lion dollars.
The $772,220 worth of building
included residential, institutional,
commercial and additions to build-1
ings, according to records on the
office of Mrs. M. W. Griffin, city 1
clerk.
The biggest jobs started during
the year was a $90,000 educational
building for the Perry Presbyter
ian Church and a $175,000 addition
to the Perry Methodist Church.
It was the first time in several
years that building permits had
dropped below the million dollar j
mark. Last year’s total included
the new building for the Perry j
Loan and Savings Bank and the
new Perry Post Office.
The figures show that Perry con
tinues to grow steadily in popula
tion. Construction of all types has
been slightly off this year from 1
last.
Jaycees Pressing
Membership Drive
BY FRANK DARITY
Director, Perry Jaycees
Perry Jaycees launched their
membership drive Monday night
at the New Perry Hotel with 35
Jaycees and guests present. The
drive to secure new members will
continue for 90 days with a goal
of 100 per cent increase.
It looks as though Allen Whip
ple, realtor, will have a goat to
claim on his income lax deduc- [
tions unless he can come up with
a new member before the Jaycees
can round up the goat for him. If
you wake up some morning with a
goat in your yard, think, nothing
about it; more than likely it will
belong to your Jaycee neighbor.
A well planned orientation pro
gram under the direction of John
Andrews was carried out with Jay-,
cees Gilbert Priestiy, Tom Fast, I
Vernon Bell, Jackie Miller, Billy!
Wells, John Williams, and Ray
Nunn being welcomed into the
Jaycees.
Among the guests were Stewart ,
Richardson, Mell Tolleson, Edwin
Rodgers, Dr. Cliff Graham, Harold
Fast, Ashton Jones and Billy Ste
wart.
Projects coming up that will be
of interest to the citizens of Perry
will be the survey that will take
place in January, Jaycee Week
and Bosses night on Jan. 16 and
the Miss Perry Pageant which will
take place March 17.
Others projects of interest will
be the selecting of the annual out
standing lineman and back of the
Perry Panthers, which will be an
nounced in January. Also the Out
standing Young Farmer Award
which will also be announced
sometime in January.
Members of the Perry Jaycees
cordially invite any young man be
tween the ages of 21 to 35 to visit
with them on the Ist and 3rd Mon
days at the New Perry Hotel at
7:30 p. m.
Johnny Mobley of Atlanta is
spending the holidays at home be
fore entering the University of
Georgia in January.
Perry Federal Announces Dividend
Os 4 Per Cent for 6-Months Period
It was announced this week by
Perry Federal Savings and Loan
Association that the 49th consecu-j
tive semi-annual dividend had been
declared and would be paid to all
holders of savings accounts in the
institution on December 31, 1960,
at the rate of 4 per cent per an- 1
num for the six months ending on
December 31.
Perry Federal paid its first
semi-annual dividend on June 30,
1936. This first dividend was at
the rate of 4 per cent per annum
and Perry Federal has paid higher
! than average earnings on insured
| savings since that time. The total
of the dividend to be distributed
on December 31 is the largest ever
paid by this thrift and home own
ership institution, totaling over
SIOO,OOO, bringing the total paid to
savers in the area to over $200,000
for the year 1960.
All of the accounts of Perry
Federal are insured by the Federal
Savings and Loan Insurance Cor
poration, an instrumentality of the
1870-1960
OUR 9OTH YEAR
ESTABLISHED 1870
Perry Mfg, Co, Sets
Merger, Expansion
Effective Dec, 31
A joint announcement was made
, today by Martin Austin, president
lof Perry Mfg. Co. and Maurice
i Perlstein, president of McComb
Manufacturing Company, to the ef
j feet that, as of December 31, 1960,
Perry Mfg. Co. will be merged
with Georgia Decor, Inc., a wholly
owned subsidiary of McComb Man
ufacturing Company of McComb,
Mississippi.
McComb Manufacturing Com
pany will operate the Perry Mfg.
| Co. plant in Perry, Ga., through
I this subsidiary.
Mr. Austin is forming a new
I corporation by the name of The
| Perry Co. This company will have
, a sales office in New York City
J and general offices in Perry, Ga.,
, and will distribute to department
stores throughout the country tail
ored bedspreads and other related
items manufactured by Georgia
Decor, Inc.
This merger and expansion of
facilities will provide additional
employment in Perry, Ga., and will
bring about a much broader dis
tribution of products manufactur
ed in Perry.
NEW TRASH COLLECTION
POLICY FOR CITY OF PERRY
Effective January 1, 1961
Effective January 1, 1961, no re
fuse from construction, homes,
commercial buildings, additions or
repairs will be removed by City of
Perry. This refuse will be allowed
] to be dumped at City Dump upon
request at the City Hall. No brush
and other litter from lots cleared
prior to new construction, during,
or after new construction will be
yitKtd up. THiu may bo dumped
at City Dump upon request at
City Hall. Debris from newly
cleared lots or construction will
not be placed anywhere on street
l or right-of-way prior to removal
! to dump site. The City will contin
ue to pick up leaves, shrubbery
1 trimmings, limbs, and other debris
when properly placed out front or
|at the regular garbage can from
home owners.
MAYOR AND COUNCIL
City of Perry, Georgia
2tc. 12-22.
Tuggle and Walker
Kill 13-Point Buck
Bobby Tuggle nad Larry Walker
of Perry killed a 13-point buck on
a deer hunt near Leary, Ga., Tues
day.
Larry took the first shot at the
deer and Bobby put the finishing
touches on him when he came
within his range at high speed.
As of yesterday morning they
had not weighed the big buck, but
it appeared to weigh between 225
and 250 pounds.
Schools to Be Out
As of 2 P. M. Today
Perry schools will close at 2
p. m. today for the Christmas
holidays.
Students will return to class
es on Tuesday, Jan. 3.
federal government, up to SIO,OOO
per account. Added protection for
| the savers has been evidenced by
sound policies of investing in
mortgage loans in the middle
Georgia area and by carrying more
than adequate reserves. Over the
past 25 years, Perry Federal has
financed the purchase and con
j struction of over 2,000 homes in
this area, as well as financing a
number of commercial buildings
and institutions.
In March, 1961, Perry Federal
will have been serving this area
for 25 years and has rendered an
enviable service to the thrift
minded savers and purchasers of
homes and businesses in the peach
belt of Georgia. Beginning with
assets of only $3,000, the institu
tion now boasts of over 6Vi million
dollars, with 5V£ million of this
| invested in real estate loans in
Houston and surrounding coun
ties. Perry Federal looks forward
'to growth in the future and ser
vice to its customers.