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— PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JAN. 19T1961 ESTABLISHED 1870
Ten Week Evangelistic Campaign Set
By Perry Methodists Opening Sunday
The Perry Methodist Church will
begin a Ten Weeks for Christ
Evangelistic Campaign Sunday,
January 22, which will run
through Easter Sunday.
The theme of this campaign will
be Tarry, Tell, and Triumph. An
outstanding part of this campaign
will be that no Methodist pulpit,
large or small, will be without
cither a lay speaker or preacher
any Sunday during this campaign.
The Perry Methodist Church will
begin this campaign with a prayer
vigil at the church Saturday night,
Jan. 21 between the hours of 6
p. m. and 9 p. m. At that time
every members is requested to
come by at their convenience to
tarry a few minutes in prayer. The
members of the Board of Stewards
will take turns to make sure that
no one will have to be in the
church alone during these hours.
The highlight of the campaign
in Perry will be the revival ser
vices to be held beginning Sunday
morning, February 19, and lasting
through Friday night. Dr. G. Ray
Jordan, professor of Religion at
Emory University and former pas
tor of the First Methodist Church
of Charlotte, N. C., will be the
guest preacher.
The Board of Stewards, the Sun
day School, the WSCS, and the
Commission on Membership and
Evangelism will be very active in
sponsoring this campaign.
Carbon Monoxide
Sends Houstonians
To the Hospital
Three Houston county dairymen
were treated for carbon monoxide
poisoning last Friday in Eaton
ton, where they were attending a
meeting of Georgia Milk Produ
cers, Inc.
Henry Andel, Richard Talton i
and William J. McGee were treat
ed in an Eatonton hospital after
they had severe headaches several
minutes after arriving there last
Friday morning.
Mr. Andel was the most serious
ly affected and remained in the
hospital Friday night. The other
two Houston countians returned
Friday and Mr. Andel came home
Saturday.
They were attending the meet
ing when Mr. Andel became ill.
He was taken to the hospital and
after the nature of the trouble was
determined, hospital doctors called
for the other two men and they
received treatment at the hospi
tal.
Just how the carbon monoxide
got into the car has not been
determined. It belongs to Mr. Mc-
Gee.
Miss Jackie Harris First to Enter
Beauty Pageant to Be Held in March
Cotton Corriher, chairman of the
Entries Committee for the Miss
berry Pageant, to be held here in
March, said today that his group
will begin their search immediate
ly for local beauties to participate
in the Pageant.
Assisting Corriher on the com
mittee are Billy Ethridge, Harry
Dubois and Frank Darity.
At press time today, the Entries
* ommittee announced that Miss
Jackie Harris is the first contes
tant entering the Miss Perry Pa
geant.
Miss Harris, the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. A. E. Harris Jr. of Route
2, is a student at Georgia Southern
College in Statesboro. She has
brown hair, green eyes and fair
complexion. Her favorite sports
are water skiing and basketball. In
talent, Jackie is quite adept at
Pantomime.
( orriher has requested every
i erry and Houston County resi
dent who knows a personable,
| cauteous and talented young lady
1,1 suggest her to the committee as
a Possible contestant in the local
Pageant.
A inner of the Miss Perry con
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p. ()0 scholarship donated by Elliott
■ nance Company, will qualify for
i j * t icipation in the Miss Georgia
contest which will be held in
June.
1 0 be eligible for the Miss Per
contest a contestant must be 18
" . or . bef ore September 1. She
o b . b t a school graduate by
P ember 1; must never have
b(? cn married.
f_^ ho , must Possess talent, either
nr ?? 0r P° ten tial, which may
_ Playing a musical instru
> dramatics, dress designing,
Miss Susan Roberts Chosen by DAR
As Top Citizen at Perry High School
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MISS SUSAN ROBERTS
Clothing Clinic
At 9 A. M. Tuesday
All Home Demonstration mem
bers and friends are reminded of
the Fashion and Clothing Clinic
next Tuesday, January 24 at the
First Baptist Educational Building.
It will begin at 9:30 a. m. and
last until 2 p. m., followed by a
Council meeting. The instructor,
Mrs. Louise Stone of Macon, will
present improved clothing and
sewing techniques. A time will be
provided for questions and an
swers, so should you have any
questions about accessories, etc.,
or as a dress contestant, here is
your opportunity ladies.
Each person please bring a salad
or vegetable covered dish as des
sert and beverage will be furnish
ed.
There will be an admission fee
of 50c.
Jaycees' Survey
Blank Published
A copy of the Business Ques
tionnaire being circulated by the
Jaycee Committee for Develop
ment and Improvement is re
printed elsewhere in this issue
of The Home Journal. If your
copy has been misplaced or if
you did not receive one, the
Jaycees request that you use this
blank from the paper and mail
it to Perry Jaycees, Perry, Ga.
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MISS JACKIE HARRIS
singing or any of the fine arts. If
she wishes to pursue a profession
al career, such as nursing, sing
ing, etc. she may present a three
minute talk on her reasons for
selecting such a career or on her
training to date and her aims in
that profession.
Corriher said last night that
Perry girls considering the advan
tages offered to preliminary Miss
America contests might recall that
Miss New Jersey of 1958, captured
her state title and a SI,OOO scholar
ship by giving a three minute talk
on the sacred duty of Americans
to vote.
The Jaycee committee calls at
tention to the success of this young
lady, in order that potential con
testants will not feel that they are
not talented just because they can
not sing or play an instrument.
Same 3)aunml
Miss Susan Roberts has been
chosen to receive the Good Citizen
ship award of the General Daniel
Stewart Chapter of the Daughters
of the American Revolution.
Miss Roberts, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. W. E. Suber of Perry, has
been an outstanding student at
Perry High School. She has been a
cheerleader for three years, a deba
ter for two years, a member of the
Beta Club, president of the Tri-
Hi-Y Club, a member of the staff
of the Panther, a delegate to Girls
State, member of the Tennis team,
and homecoming queen in 1960.
She is treasurer of the Methodist
Youth Fellowship Sub-District and
a member of the Perry Methodist
Church.
She came to Perry in May, 1950,
in the first grade, coming from
Alexandria, Va.
Miss Roberts was chosen by the
advisers of the Senior Class, who
made the selection on the basis of
the students’ dependability, ser
vice, leadership and patriotism.
She will receive a certificate of
award and a pin from the Nation
al DAR.
The program is sponsored na
tionally by the DAR to promote
good citizenship and to maintain
good public relations between the
DAR and the schools in their com
munities.
Plant Expansion
Formally Asked
By Georgia Decor
Officials of Georgia Decor, Inc.,
successors to Perry Mfg. Co., and
representatives of Sears, Roebuck
& Co., Chicago, have made a for
mal request of Perry Industrial
Development Corp. to increase the
size of the local plant on a lease
basis.
Maurice Perlstein, president of
McComb Manufacturing Co., Mc-
Comb, Miss., and also of Georgia
Decor, Inc., Perry, outlined plans
for the expansion program his
company desires, which incudes
construction of 16,000 square feet
of space on the present plant on
the side toward U. S. Highway 41.
Mr. Perlstein said the additional
space would be used for offices,
storage and production. He said
present plans call for the addition
of 25 to 50 employees and if long
range plans are realized, more pro
duction space and more employees
will be needed.
R. H. Busbee of McComb, who
is with McComb Mfg. Co., and re
presentatives of Sears at Chicago,
also met with the directors of
Perry Industrial Development
Corp. at the luncheon meeting at
the New Perry Hotel.
Martin Austin, former president
of Perry Mfg. Co., sold his stock
in Perry Mfg. Co. to McComb Mfg.
Co., which organized and owns
Georgia Decor, Inc. Mr. Austin
will devote his time to the new
Perry Co., which will be a selling
organization for a part of the pro
duction of Georgia Decor, Inc.,
which will continue making bed
spreads, draperies and case cur
tains as Perry Mfg. Co. manufac
tured.
Shooting of Guns,
Cutting of Trees
Reported to Police
Police Chief J. B. Hawkins this
week reminded Perryans that
shooting of any kind of firearms in
the city is a violation of the law.
The law covers any kind of gun
from an air rifle on up, the chief
said.
The city also has received com
plaints that children have cut trees
on private property in the Massee
Lane and Hillcrest Heights areas.
He suggested that parents advise
their children that property rights
must be protected, and this in
cludes trees on vacant lots.
Two Perry Boys
Serving As Pages
Larry Hunt, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Lawrence Hunt, and Milledge An
derson, son of Judge and Mrs. A.
M. (Phil) Anderson, left Wednes
day for Atlanta where they will
serve as pages in the legislature, b
Panthers Defeat
Telfair But Lose
To Warner Robins
Telfair Game Photos Inside
The Warner Robins Demons ad
ded another strong point to their
contention that they are one of
the best high school basketball
teams in the state by defeating
Perry High’s Panthers here Tues
day night, 57-49.
Although the Panthers stayed
close all night, up until the last
minutes of the game, the Demons
showed their superiority after the
first few minutes. Perry put on
an early rush and went to a 12-6
lead before the. Demons’ Bob Da
vis began hitting the basket with
frustrating regularity.
The Panthers pretty well cover
ed the rest of the Demon team,
but the lanky center just couldn’t
be stopped, and he wound up the
night with 29 points.
The Demons used a shifting
zone defense to contain the Pan
thers and Lee Martin, Perry ace,
was held to 14 points.
The Demons held a one-point
lead at halftime, 29-28, but eased
away slowly as the final half pro
gressed. Perry was within six
points with four minutes to go
and put on a pressing defense, but
the Demons had no trouble with it.
The two Houston county teams
played before a crowd that pack
ed the local gymnasium.
The victory gave Warner Robins
a record of 16 straight wins and
Peerry has 13 victories and 5
losses.
In the girls game, Warner Rob
ins won over the Pantherettes,
61 to 42.
Telfair County’s Trojans, unde
feated in 39 straight games, lost to
the Perry High Panthers here last
Friday night, 64-60, in an overtime
period that really shouldn’t have
happened.
Perry actually defeated a team
that was better than it was, a
team that stayed about 10 points
ahead for most: of the game, a
team that had the victory won but
dropped it in the last 11 seconds
of the regulation time.
With 11 seconds to go, Telfair
had a four-point lead and Perry
fans had just about kissed the
game goodbye. At that point, Lee
Martin was fouled and he made
good his two free throws to cut
the margin to two points. It still
looked good for Telfair, for most
everyone had the idea they could
hold onto the ball for 11 seconds
and ride to victory.
But Telfair made the mistake of
going to their end of the court
and trying for a basket. This
would have been fine if they had
hit, but they missed and Martin
got his hands on the ball and lob
bed a long pass down court, where
two Perry men and one Telfair
player waited. Perry got the ball
and missed a shot but George
Nunn followed up for the tying
two points as the bell sounded the
end of the game. It was almost un
believable that a team that had
showed its superiority throughout
the battle could have been tied in
Jaycees Name Risher Top Boss, Talton
Best Young Farmer; Honor Athletes
The Perry Junior Chamber of
Commerce Tuesday night named
Parker Risher as “Boss of the
Year,” Henry Cullen Talton Jr. as
“Outstanding Young Farmer of
Houston County” and Aldene Las
seter Jr. and James Langston as
the outstanding lineman and back
of the 1960 Perry High School foot
ball team.
Mr. Risher, owner of Risher’s
Restaurant, has been a constant
help to the Perry Jaycees through
out the years, Billy Ethridge, who
made the presentation, said. Mr.
Risher, in addition to allowing his
Jaycee employee, Harry Dußois,
to take part in Jaycee activities,
has contributed to many civic pro
jects and “even sold tickets’ for
Jaycee benefits, Mr. Ethridge said.
Mr. Talton and his father oper
ate a 1,500-acre farm at Bonaire
and have done a masterful job
through planning and good man
agement, according to Raymond
Gornto, who made the presenta
tion to Mr. Talton. Mr. Talton has
130 beef cattle and 48 dairy cattle,
Mr. Gornto said, and all farming
operations revolve around their
livestock program.
Football Flayers Honored
Seabie Hickson presented tro
phies to Lasseter as the outstand
ing lineman of the Perry Panthers
and to Langston as the outstanding
lack. Lasseter, he said, played al
Virus Claims Two
In Two Days Here
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AWARDS PRESENTED CORN CONTEST WINNERS
L. to r., Chuck White, Steve Langston, Jimmy Dorsett, E. H. Cheek
Winners Announced in Corn Contest
Os Perry Future Farmers Chapter
BY EARL CHEEK
Perry FFA Reporter
The winners of the Perry FFA
chapter corn contest were an
nounced this week.
The following boys won prize
money in the contest: Jimmy Dor
sett, first place and sls; Steve
Langston won second place and
$10; Lee Rush, third place and
$7.50: while Chuck White won
fourth place and $5.
The prizes were donated from
the Houston County Agriculture
Youth Fund.
Steve and Jimmy made over 100
bushels of corn per acre and will
become members of the 100-Bush
el Corn Club of Georgia.
Jimmy planted Coker’s 71 and
used 500 pounds of 5-10-15 to the
acre with a nitrogen side dressing.
His row width was 38 inches with
a 12-inch spacing.
Steve planted Pfister and also
used a 5-10-15 analysis of fertilizer
with a nitrogen fertilizer. He ap
plied 500 pounds of fertilizer per
acre also. The row width was 36
inches and the spacing was 10 in
the closing seconds.
In the extra three-minute over
time, Ronnie Griffin, who had re
tired from the game because of
an injury, came back in when
Dwayne Powell fouled out. Grif
fin hit a field goal and two fouls
and George Nunn got two foul
shots, while Telfair could muster
only one goal. The crowd was limp
and pandemonium reigned among
the Perry fans.
The Perry girls lost to Telfair,
45 to 24.
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Outstanding Jaycee Boss
most 48 minutes of every game at
tackle and was one of the most
dependable players on the squad.
Langston was injured in the fourth
game of the season but came back
to finish out the last games of the
year through his determination
and spirit, Mr. Hickson said.
Clark Standard of Cordele, for
mer Third District president of
the Georgia Jaycees, was the guest
speaker for the annual “Bosses’
Night” of the local club. He said
ches. Steve’s yield was 103.5 bush
els. Lee Rush made a yield of 93
bushels with Chuck White making
a yield of 89 bushels.
PERRY FFA MEETS
The January 10 meeting of the
Perry Chapter opened with the
regular opening ceremonies with
Hearn Bennett, chapter president,
presiding. The minutes were read
by Andy Talton, assistant secre
tary. Chuck White, chaplain, gave
the devotional. The chapter de
cided to have a Valentine Dance
Friday, February 17.
Corn prizes were awarded to the
winners of the corn contest.
The chapter discussed the pos
sibilities of buying a farm.
Two new boys were introduced
who had joined the chapter since
the Christmas holidays: Nickey Mi
zell and M. L. Mizell.
Hearn Bennett announced when
the various cattle shows would be
held. The boys sang a few songs
with Sandra McElroy, chapter
sweetheart, accompanying them.
The quartet consisting of Hearn
Bennett, Jerry Horton, Earl Cheek
and Harvey NeSmith sang two
numbers.
Mr. Dunn, Executive Secretary
of the FFA, was a guest of the
Perry Chapter during the after
noon.
Houston County
Audit Is Inside
The official audit of Houston
County, covering the period
from Jan. 1, 1960, through June
30, 1960, is printed on an inside
page of The Home Journal this
Jaycees give about five hours a
week, on a national average, to
civic affairs and “where there is
a Jaycee organization you will
find a better community.”
“Jaycees are always optimistic
and are never permanently down
hearted,” Mr. Standard said. “We
make mistakes but we accomplish
many of our goals and our com
munities are better for our ser
vice.”
Leaders Praised
Richard B. Ray, local Jaycee pre
sident who presided, praised Mr.
Hickson, Mr. Gornto, Harry Du-
Bois and Mason Gammage for
their efforts in making the an
nual “Bosses’ Night” a real suc
cess. He expressed appreciation of
the Jaycees for the assistance giv
en them by The Houston Home
Journal and Radio Station WPGA.
He reviewed some of the ac
complishments of the local club
during the year and said more pro
jects will be conducted before the
end of the club year in May.
(EDITOR’S NOTE)
The man who processes our film
put our film in what he thought
was developing fluid and it turn
ed out to be water. Therefore, no
pictures of the Jaycee ceremonies
are available. This mistake has
never been made before, the pro
cessor said, and why it had to
happen to us we do not know.)
1870-1961
OUR 91ST YEAR
Rainey, McCowen
Girls Are Victims
The deaths of two Perry girls,
2- Sara Ann Rainey and
3- Teresa Lynn McCowen,
from a severe virus infection that
struck them suddenly Monday and
Tuesday caused serious concern in
Perry this week.
The Rainey child, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Watt Rainey, King’s
Local doctors said that “there
is no cause for alarm” and the
deaths of the two children so
close together in the same city
was an unfortunate coincidence.
They said that they have not
seen an abnormal number of pa
tients with virus recently. There
is absolutely no evidence of any
kind of epidemic.
Chapel Road, died Monday in a
: Hawkinsville hospital.
The McCowen girl, daughter of
Mr and Mrs. James F. McCowen,
Elizabeth Avenue, died on the way
to the Macon Hospital Monday
night.
T wo other daughters of the
• Raineys, Betsy, 4, and Judy, 8, are
I patients in the Macon Hospital,
[ with high temperatures.
•Severe Virus Infection
The cases have been described
! a severe virus infection which as
! sects the respiratory organs and
1 intestinal tract.
J Attendance in the first three
' grades of the Perry white schools
’ was off more than normal Wednes
day, with 60 out of about 350 ab
’ sent. Attendance in the other ele
mentary grades and in the high
, school was normal.
The Houston County Health De
. partment said the telephone has
rung constantly with inquiries but
I no announcements can be made at
. this time. There are no known
cases of diptheria in the county,
the health department said. A
large number of mothers brought
their children in for diptheria
booster shots in the last few days
although there is no evidence that
diptheria is involved in any of the
cases.
Rainey Child Buried Tuesday
Sara Ann Rainey died at 4 p. m.
Monday in the Hawkinsville hos
pital.
She was born May 31, 1958 at
Fort Lauderdale, Fla., and with
her family moved to Perry in July
of that, year.
Besides her parents, the child
is survived by two sisters, Judy
Elizabeth and Betty Louise; two
| brothers, J. W. Rainey Jr. and
'Mack Rainey of Perry; two grand
| mothers, Mrs. J. S. Rainey of
'Perry and Mrs. Ida Riddle of Fort
Lauderdale.
Funeral services were held Tues
day, at 3 p. m. at the Chapel of
Gardner Watson Funeral Home in
Perry. Interment followed in
Woodlawn Cemetery. Rev. James
Hutchinson officiated.
Teresa Lynn McCowen was pro
nounced dead on arrival at Macon
Hospital Tuesday.
Funeral services for the Mc-
Cowen child will be held later in
the week. Her father was on over
seas duty when the child died and
wiil not arrive home until Friday.
Gardner Watson Funeral Home is
in charge of arrangements.
Survivors, in addition to her
parents, include a sister, Debra,
and grandparents, Mr. and Mrs.
Charles McCaskill of Handleman,
N. C., and Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Ro
chelle of Macon.
Write Legislators
On School Crisis
If you want to express your
opinion on the crisis at the Uni
versity of Georgia, you can do
more good by telling your repre
sentatives in the general assem
bly than you can by telling your
neighbor.
Houston countians should di
rect their letters to:
Rep. Herman Watson
House of Representatives
State Capitol
Atlanta, Georgia
and
Sen. Mark Fitzpatrick
State Senate
State Capitol
Atlnata, Georgia
BASKETBALL COMING UP
Jan. 20, Crawford Co., here.
Jan. 25, Lanier, Macon.
Jan. 27, Vienna at Pinehurst.