Newspaper Page Text
10 (ENTS PER COPY
"Every Home Should
Have The Home Journal"
VOL. 91 NO. 16
Dr. Weems and Dr. Arnold Form Partnership; Build Office Here
Dr. H. E. Weems Jr. and Dr. J.
r, Arnold have announced the
formation of a partnership and
the construction of doctors’ offices
on Macon Road.
Dr. Weems has practiced here
for several years. Dr. Arnold is
the senior medical resident physi
cian at the Macon Hospital.
Dr, Arnold will come here July
1 to begin practice.
The offices, to be built of brick
and concrete block, are under con
struction on Macon Road across
from the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Glover. It will be 48 feet
. f i
)
. 1
-. ■*#*■■■'■ : * >:■:■■* :r:_:.': *sV VXZZSX^^-X^:::-. ::.:;::t;:rr~5 ;;r;:r "• :•;::r->'. rziVttTXXSSiSSZX'.*^sftX;:.:.: x '> .•:. : : . ■ <rSSSSS3K»a»si
' j-" - > ■? . ~.V...^
I' 4 - i s -» ; I I' ij ■ - ... - I M
> ' ; h • V , „ x I V'S |
> r ; i | i it <■ \ . j w ) I
1 * r kkzz. : -i " :£a rfli i~~*
l-« ' *£** " ■ : t*i
& ‘
W.W.-.
RIGHT SIDE ELEVATION, AS BUILDING WILL LOOK FROM THE SOUTH
Building Housing Doctor's Offices Will be 88 Feet Long and 48 Feet Wide
Womanless Wedding Set
Here Next Tuesday Night
The bride’s parents request your
presence at the marriage of their
daughter, Miss Hopum Wright, to
Will U. M’arrime at the High
School Gymnasium Tuesday even
ing, April 25, and suggest that you
get there and be ushered to your
seats before 8 o’clock.
Don’t be late for the wedding.
There will be approximately 80
citizens of Perry and Houston
County presenting the BEAUTI
FUL ceremony. Besides the wed
ding party there will be distin
guished gusts from our city, our
State Capitol, our National Capitol,
and TV and movie stars.
The Delphian Club is sponsoring
this 1961 version of the “Woman
less Wedding” from which the pro
ceeds will go for civic projects.
CAST OF CHARACTERS
Bride, “Miss Hopum Wright,”
Malcolm Reese.
Groom, “Will U. M’arrime”, Ter
ry Waldorf.
Maid of honor, “Miss Gladys
Yew”, H. A. Casey.
Matron of honor, “Miss Idonit
Wunce”, Joe Roper.
Best man, “Wright B. Hindya”,
Earl Marshall 111.
Minister, “Rev. Hecan Hitchem”,
Stanley St. John.
Ring bearer, “Yore Ringgold”,
Ed Thompson.
Bridesmaids, “Miss Evelyn Jess
Lovely”, Jack Miller Jr.; “Miss
Raye Memberme”, Allen Tabor;
“Miss Reggie Stephigh”, Jimmy
Beatty; “Miss Enthuzy Ashum”,
Wesley Tabor; “Miss Sweet T.
Bye”, Billy Beckham; “Miss Jeze
bel Jones”, Allen Pritchett; “Miss
Effie Spurned”, Ronnie Stanley;
“Miss Nevva Lonely”, Avon Buice.
Groomsmen, “F. B. Seated”, Pow
ers Lawson; “U. B. Good”, Cliff
Graham; “Pleasby Seated”, Mason
Gammage; “Setit Down”, Julian
Cawthon; “Umay Parkit”, Bobby
Holtzclaw; “Folia Mee”, Lee Paul
HI; “Takema Arm”, Lewis Bled
soe; “Doo Allowmee”, H. J. Ste
fanini.
Flower Girls, “Teeny Rosepe
tal”, Emmitt Akin; “Ima Gerani
um”, Cohen Walker; “Lillie
White”, Lawrence Hunt; “Sweet
Pea Smith”, Joe Gayle.
Bride’s father, “Lettus B,
Wright”, Billy Gray.
Family and Friends
Bride’s half sister, “Miss Taint
Wright”, Felix Smith.
Groom’s twin sister, “Miss Cant
ya M’arrime”, J. S. Ellison.
Aunt and baby, “Mrs. Troubly
Youngun”, Jack Crutchfield; “Cry-
Pocket Youngun”, Bobby Horton.
Groom’s old maid aunt, “Miss
Nevva M’arride’, Carlton Pierce.
Twin aunts of bride, “Miss Wan
ta Mann”, Harold Green, and “Miss
Nita Mann”, Richard Johnson.
Bride’s rich aunt, “Miss Cecilia
Spinster”, John Houser.
Mother of bride, “Mrs. Mita Ben
W right’’, Harry Dußois.
Groom's mother, “Mrs. Gladudid
•larrime”, Ed Chapman.
Groom’s father, “Wyjuh M’arri
me . Dot Roughton.
Bride’s grandmother, “Mrs. Ann
*igur Young”, Gilbert Priestly.
Bride’s grandfather, “Wi s h a
uz Young”, Herschel Lawhorn.
Groom’s grandmother, “Usta B.
n S j me ”’ John Teal Lewis,
ride’s childhood Mammy, “Aunt
mt journal
PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY, GEORGIaT THURSDAyTapRIIIo. li)61
wide and 88 feet long, a total of
4,224 square feet. Estimated cost
is $55,000.
Dr. Weems said the building will
be completed during the month of
July.
Mrs. Cora Chapman Leßeau,
formerly of Perry is confined to
the Mound Park Hospital in St.
Petersburg, Fla., after being hit
by a car while crossing a street
in that city. Mrs. Leßeau is the
sister of Mrs. Edna Mitchell and
mother of Conrad Boterweg Sr.,
both of Perry.
Jemima”, J. T. Moss.
Groom’s valet, “Step’n’fetchit”,
Billy Wells.
Friends and Celebrities
Sorority Sister, “Miss Phi Smo
ka Cig”, Bobby Tuggle.
Cheerleader friend, “Miss Rah
Rah Boom”, Bill Holland.
Jilted suitor, “Otta B. Thank
ful”, Verlon Bell.
Rejected girl friend, “Miss Woe
Izmee”, Joe Leverette.
Perry mayor’s wife, Milton
Beckham.
Mrs. Jake Hutchinson, Dave Co
ley.
Mrs. Jim Coad, (attending reviv
al).
Mrs. James Teresi, Charles Jay.
Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, Avery
Lee.
President John Kennedy, Buddy
Batchelor.
Jacqueline Kennedy, Edwin
Governor Vandiver, B. B. Nall.
Mrs. Vandiver, Jerry Rodgers.
The Beatnik friend, “Maynard”,
Riley Young.
Tallulah Bankhead, Hal Cotton.
Mae West, Hobart Richards.
Matt Dillon, Cap Arnold.
Miss Kitty, Norman Parker.
Chester, Courtney Mason.
Doc, Lennon Dykes.
Lennon sisters, Stewart Richard
son, Earl Lewis and Dicky Ray.
Wyatt Earp, Gus Williams.
Shirley Temple, Billy Ethridge.
Greta Garbo, Verna Lee Lasse
ter.
Miss America, Richard Talton.
Special Music
Soloist, “Miss Looney Toon”,
Ted Ursery.
Female Quartette, “Miss Bobby
Sox McSwoon”, Francis Nunn;
“Miss Jessa Broad Tenor”, Marion
' Brown; “Miss Janie Soprano”,
Charles Andrew; “Miss Melodic
Love”, Wendell Whipple.
Violin Soloist, “Miss Instrumen
tal Hallie”, Hal Middleton, accom
panied by his daughter, “Miss Bee
Flatt”, Pence Middleton.
Admission will be $1 for adults
and 50c for children.
Pine Ridge Residents File Protest
Against Building Apartment House
Plans of Ted Smith to build a
six-unit apartment house on Pine
Ridge hit a snag yesterday when
a group of property owners ap
peared at a called meeting of May
or and Council.
Mayor Milton Beckham said Mr.
Smith will be requested to dis
continue work on the building un
til council can hear objections but
indicated that there are no laws
which will allow the city to stop
the building.
The property owners presented
i a petition signed by 40 residents
of the area. Mayor Beckham asked
!them to appear before an official
meeting of the Mayor and Council
I tonight at the State Jaycee Build
ing.
| Among the protesting property
owners were J. R- Boland, Mack
I Peyton, George Allmond, George
Sewell, Mrs. John A. Lacefield
' and R. J. McNeill.
They said an apartment build
ing will decrease their property
values.
v; f »' - ■
FRONT VIEW OF NEW DOCTOR'S BUILDING IN PERRY
Offices for Dr. Weems and Dr, Arnold Under Construction Here
Mrs. Gayle Joins
Welfare Department
Mrs. Connette (Mrs. Joe A.)
Gayle has been employed as a
public welfare worker by the Hous
ton County Welfare Department,
effective last Monday, Mrs. Aurelia
Evans, director, announced.
Mrs. Gayle will work in the
Warner Robins section of the
county. She succeeds Mrs. Eliza
beth McLendon of Warner Robins,
who resigned.
Mrs. Gayle received her educa
tion at Stephens College and the
University of Kentucky, majoring
in social sciences.
Revival to Begin
At Presbyterian
At 8 P. M. Today
Revival services begin tonight at
8 p. m. at the Perry Presbyterian
Church with Rev. James M. Pat
terson of Tuscumbia, Ala. bringing
the messages.
Mr. Patterson, a native of New
Jersey, is a graduate of Wheaton
. College in Wheaton, Illinois and
the Pittsburg-Xenia Seminary. He
was pastor of the First United
Presbyterian Church in Cedarville,
Ohio for five years, before becom
ing pastor of the First Presbyter
ian Church in Tuscumbia.
Rev. James Coad, pastor of the
local church, says that he would
like to personally extend a warm
welcome to everyone to attend
each meeting of the series, which
will run through Friday, April 28.
LIONS TO SELL
BROOMS NEXT WEEK
The Perry Lions Club will hold
its annual broom and mop sale on
i the nights of Monday and Tues
, day, April 24 and 25, President
■ Hubert Stefanini announced yes
terday.
L. B. Lester, Harry Dußois and
• Bill Hill are co-chairmen of the,
! committee which will direct the
house-to-house solicitation. Lions
i will be calling at your door on the
two nights.
D. P. Hulbert, attorney for the
i city, said that in the absence of
zoning laws there is nothing the
city can do to stop the building.
Mr, Smith’s plans call for a
building 200 feet wide and 100
feet deep. The apartments will be
iar conditioned, with built-in ap
pliances and will rent for about
SIOO a month. The building per
mit issued by the city calls for a
$33,900 cost of the building.
The property owners asked the
mayor to have a representative of
the Planning and Zoning Commis
sion present at tonight’s meeting.
Mr. Beckham said he would do
that and would ask Mr. Smith to
appear also.
Mr. and Mrs. Paschal Muse and
Mrs. W. C. Jones spent Sunday in
Athens. Mr. and Mrs. Muse visited
their son, David at the University
of Georgia and Mrs. Jones was a
guest of her children, Mr. and Mrs.
Fred Ayers and family.
Stores Producing Half of Potential
Dollar Volume, Planning Meeting Told
Perry business and professional
men heard a city planner say
Tuesday night that the city’s retail
stores are doing about 50 per cent
of the business they should be
doing.
They also heard Mayor Milton
Beckham say that “some urban
renewal work to eliminate blighted
areas” should be in progress with
in two years.
The remarks were made at a
meeting of the Perry Planning and
Zoning Commission with about 30
business and professional people
who accepted invitations to the
informal discussions. About 100
were invited in personal letters
from the planning commission.
Members of the Perry Planning
and Zoning Commission are Stan
ley E. Smith Jr., chairman and
former mayor; J. M. Gooden, Pete
Whitehurst, A. H. Cotton and Mar
ion L. Brown.
Actually an Inventory
Mr. Smith said planning and
zoning rae simply taking an “in
ventory” of assets and liabilities,
and planning to grow in an order
ly manner. He said it is a long
range program and will require a
cooperative spirit among all seg
ments of the community and a lot
of hard work.
Harry Adley, member of the |
firm of consultants employed by
the City of Perry for the planning
and zoning program, said the
shrinking retail business in the
downtown area is the “No. 1 prob
lem” but that planning and zoning
takes in all phases of community
life.
“We must plan for 1980, which
is not far away in the matter of
city planning,” Mr. Adley said.
“We must plan the best uses of
our land, study the traffic pat
terns, plan for the orderly growth
of Perry to a city of 10,000 by the
year 1980.”
Mr. Cotton said Perry has be
come “a semi-industrial or dormi
tory town” instead of a farm com
munity as it was only 20 years
ago.
He said Perry grew by 59 per
cent in the last 10 years while Fort
Valley grew by 21 per cent, Haw
kinsville by 18 per cent and Coch
ran by 40 per cent.
“City planning gives us a pro
gram that we can grow with every
day,” Mr. Cotton said. “It provides
us with orderly and less costly
growth.”
Mr. Gooden said the reduction
in the number of farms clearly
shows how Perry has changed from
a farming community to a semi
industrial city. He said Perry is
well prepared to handle the tourist |
industry but needs other indus
tries to give more stability and
diversification to the economy. The
residential section has grown four
times while the retail trading sec
tion has not increased in propor
tion. He cited figures in the report
to show the following comparisons
in items bought by Perryans in
Perry and elsewhere:
Items Bought
Perry Elsewhere
Appliances 73% 27% i
Banking Services 84% 16%
Clothing 37% 63%
Entertainment 60% 40%
Furniture 48% 52%
Groceries 88% 12%
These figures, he said, were com
piled from a survey of people who I
Perry 'Cute Town',
Chamber Is Told
J. M. Gooden, manager of the
Perry Chamber of Commerce,
says he has heard a new adjec
tive for Perry.
It’s “cute.”
Mr. Gooden said a prospective
newcomer to Perry described
Perry as a “cute town.”
The chamber of commerce
has used a lot of adjectives
about Perry but had never
known that “cute” was an apt
description.
were in the downtown section
shopping.
“Active Commission”
Commission Member Brown
pointed out that the downtown
problem is just one phase of the
program that will take years to
develop. He said no one will be
told “how to run his business.”
Mr. Adley said the Perry plan
ning commission is one of the
most “aggressive and active com
missions” he has ever worked with.
He compared the Perry commis
sion with those at Albany and
Brunswick for progressive and
i sound work.
He said the Perry merchants
who answered a questionnaire fol
lowed about the same lines as the
shoppers questioned. He said the
merchants said there should be
more cooperation among them
selves, and one said “there is no
parking problem—we just wish we
did have a parking problem.”
Shopping Center Site?
Mr. Adley said there are “sever
al people looking at Perry for a
site for a shopping center” but
that none would think of coming
here if the downtown section
would get together and present a
united effort for betterment of
shopping facilities.
Fort Valley is trying a face-lift
,ing program on one block, Mr.
Adley said, putting on a solid
front on the whole block which
ties the various stores together and
“gives the appearance of a shop
ping center.” This might be con
sidered by Perry, he said.
He listed these as aims of the
first phase of planning and zoning
in Perry:
Aims of Program
1. A master road plan, taking
into consideration the new Inter
state Highway 75 which is coming
through Perry.
(Continued on Back Page)
DuSois Elected
Jaycee President
Perry Jaycees selected a new
slate of officers Monday night in
the annual election meeting at
New Perry Hotel.
Ha. r D Bois, manager of Rish
er’s Restaurant, was elected presi
dent replacing Richard Ray, whose
term expires June 1 of this year.
Other officers chosen by secret
ballot at Monday night’s meeting
include first vice president, Hous
on Akin; second vice president,
John T. Lewis; treasurer, Jack Mil
ler; secretary, Billy Stewart; local
| directors, Gus Williams and Edwin
Prince. Frank R. Darity was
J named state director by the local
1 group.
Reggie Goldsmith, a candidate
for the office of National director,
made a speech before the Perry
Jaycees asking for their support in
the forthcoming election to be held
soon at Radium Springs near Al-
Ibany. Mr. Goldsmith, of Savannah,
j is currently serving as president of
the First District, Georgia Jaycees.
1 The group also heard a report
by Richard Ray and Frank Darity,
who attended the sixth annual
Political Kick-Off Ball meeting in
Atlanta last Saturday night. The
affair which was held at the Dink
ler-Plaza Hotel featured Franklin
D. Roosevelt Jr. as guest speaker.
Jr. Baseball
Teams Told
Commissioner N. C. Chapman
and the managers of the Jun- ]
ior League Baseball teams an- 1
nounced their rosters and launch- I
ed plans to begin practice sessions ]
this week. J
The squads are comprised of 1
about 25 boys each. They will be •
reduced to 15 boys per team and <
those who do not make the 15-man
squads will play in the daytime
league to be started as soon as
school is out.
The rosters oi me tour Pony i
League teams will be announced'
later. A Connie Mack team, made
up of the older boys, will be form
ed and they will play in a Middle
Georgia league.
The equipment of all these
teams is furnished by the Junior
League Baseball program.
Season tickets are on sale for
$5 per family from any of the
managers and they will be placed
in several locations.
KIWANIS TEAM
Managers, Bob Culpepper and
Seabie Hickson.
Buster Cook, Steven Allen, Huey
Parks, Eddie (Maxwell) Coffee,
Jerry Huff, Tommy W. Sledge,
Donnie Fowler, Michael Morrin,
Kenny Collier, Danny Lee Tirey,
Gary Hoyte Chapman, Billy Hul
bert, Houson C. Akins Jr., Court
ney H. Mason Jr., Joe White, Mike
Hackworth, David Lee Belflowers, I
Otis Stocks, Louis Moody, Palmer
Hasty, Robert Jackson, Wright Mc-
Carty, Lynwood Barrett.
HOUGHTON BROS. TEAM
Managers, Carlton Pierce and
Ed Chapman.
Joe Baxley, Terry C. Todd, Rod
ney E. Lockerman, Michael A. Gib
son, Gibbs Hasty, Wendy Pierce,
Thomas Petrine Coffee, James
Goad 111, Donald Ross Summers,
1 David Mauldin, Freddie Allen,
Stanley Odom, Donnie Williamson,
i Stanley Lewis, Christopher Hob
■ son, Roger Parks, Lamar Kemp,
i Don Allmond, Davis Cosey, George
! Winfred Law, John C. Harris, Dav
id Black, Jerry Mealer, Gerald
Layson.
McLENDON-ANDREW TEAM
Managers, Lory Gunter and Otis
Whitten. '
Memorial Day Exercises Planned
Here April 26; Avon Buice lo Talk
“ , , . today we give grateful recognition to their spiritual
presence and cherish the memory of the men in gray.”
Memorial Day exercises in honor of our Confederate
Soldiers will be held Wednesday afternoon, April 26, 1961 at
2:30 at the Junior High School Auditorium. Mr. Avon Buice
will deliver the commemoration address.
The public is cordially invited to attend.
THE CLINTON C. DUNCAN CHAPTER
OF UNITED DAUGHTERS OF THE CONFEDERACY
Sub-Division Rules
Will Be Discussed
In Public Hearing
Interested citizens will soon have
the chance to “speak their minds”
on the subject of sub division re
gulations, according to an an-1
nouncement made yesterday by
1870-1961 1
OUR 9IST YEAR
ESTABLISHED 1870
Andy Aultman, Henry Eugene
Hudson, Ken Chapman, Buddy Ir
by, Barney Adams, David Allen,
Steve Mayo, Ronald Hammock,
Bobby Zan Flowers, Stephen
Smith, Raymond A. Jinks, Ronnie
Greer, Mike Seago, Joe Reese,
Steve Hall, Wayne Willbanks, Wal
ter Wilson, Cleve Hicks, Gene
Athon, Ben Stephens, Michael R.
Rainey, David R. Kennedy, Hugh
Frank Armstrong Jr., David Alan
Lee.
LIONS TEAM
Managers, Lewis Bledsoe and
Charles Jay.
William Mack Rainey, Ronald W.
Garrison, Glynn Williams, Mike
Tatom, Robert E. Rainey, Bobby
Baxley, Jay Schenck, Larry David
Gattis, Billy Hill, Bert Richards,
David H. Horton, Jerry Quarles,
Joe Allen Martin, Ray Shurling,
Herman Ingram, Ed Harley, Henry
Douglas Lee, Bernard Hageman
Jr., Larry Belflowers, Robert Wil
banks, Freddie Seago, Warren
Gallemore, Billy Marshall, Larry
Walton.
VFW TEAM
Mangers, Riley Young and J.
D. Mclntyre.
Lee St. John, Larry Ellison, Ron
nie L. Collier, David P. Hulbert
Jr., Johnny Heller, Randy Barry,
James M. Hamilton, Stephen
Brown, Joey McKenzie, Kenneth
I West, Allen P. Whipple, Jimmie
I Hathaway, Kim Mullins, Dexter
Harris, Johnny Wicks, Alan
Thompson, David Arthur Duffell,
Terry Walker, Roddy Crutchfield,
Milledge Anderson 111, Richmond
Ratliff Jr., Terry McCarty, H.
Douglas Nation.
TOLLESON TEAM
Managers, Stoney Jackson and
Hall Schenck.
; Richard L. Dennard, Rodney
' Lowe, David Larimer, Lory Brad
• ford Gunter, John Kenneth Ragan,
> Addison Harris, Louis Ragan Jr.,
' Marion Cloud, Lane Middleton,
> Mike McKinley, Eddie Allen, Lloyy
! Harrison, Paul Davis, Edward Irby,
Patrick A. Lacefield, Lonnie
■ Crutchfield, Wayne Irby, Thomas
S. Hageman, Thomas Griffin 111,
Stephen W. Gray, Johnny Ellison,
David Dennard, Billy Mack Shew
'man.
Houston County Commissioners.
The choice is here—do we want an
orderly expansion or will we,
sometime in the future, look back
to find that Houston County, like
Topsy, “just growed”?
The public meeting has been
| called for Tuesday night, May 9 at
8 p. m.