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VOL. 91 NO. 38
Perry Faces
Wilkinson
Here Friday
Demons Edge Out
Panthers, 7 to 0
It took all the tricks the Warner
Robins Demons had last Friday
night to defeat the Perry High
Panthers over at the air base city
as one big play kept it from being
a scoreless tie. The Demons won,
7 to 0.
The Demons took charge in the
first half and appeared to be head
ed for a fast victory, but penalties
and a pass interception kept them
away from Perry’s goal line.
The Panthers failed to register
a first down in the whole first
half, and it was a surprise that
they could come out at the half
with a scoreless tie. The Demons
refused to budge and the Panthers
couldn’t move the ball. The Pan
thers never got closer than the 20-
yard Inie all night.
Goodman Outstanding
The outstanding player on the
field was Perry’s Bobby Goodman,
right end, who fouled up the
Robins air attack by pressing
Quarterback Jackie Hammond all
night. The Demons hit on passes
seven times but their gains were
so short, a passing game didn’t
pay off. In the last half, the De
mons stayed on the ground.
After receiving the kickoff to
start the second half, the Demons
marched for a touchdown in 13
plays, Quarterback Hammond go
ing over the goal line standing up
from 12 yards out.
That was the play that Perry
Coach Herb St. John says “kept
it from being a scoreless ball
game”—a situation he would have
liked in view of the fact that the
Demons were rated two or three
touchdowns better than the Pan
thers. They defeated Lanier High
of Macon two weeks ago, and this
set them on fire.
First Downs 10 to 5
The Demons had 10 first downs
while the Panthers were held to
five, principally from passes that
brought in a total of 50 yards.
Warner Robins got 190 yards rush
ing to Perry’s 36.
Two Punts Blocked
The Demons partially blocked
two Perry punts in the first quar
ter and drove down to the Pan
thers 5-yard line, where a fumble
was recovered by Perry. The Pan
thers failed to gain and punted
out to the Perry 33-yard line. Gard
of the Demons got 17 yards on the
next play, down to the Perry 16.
Hammond, Bazemore and Gard
moved it to the 8-yard line. Good
man of Perry threw Hammond for
a loss back to the 14 yard line
and Perry took over again.
The Panthers punted out after
failing to make a first down. The
Demons failed to make a first
down and punted down to the
Perry 4-yard line as the half end
ed.
Hawkins, McClure, Hammond
and Gard drove in 13 plays in the
third quarter for the touchdown
and Hammond’s kick was good.
Perry Moves on Passes
Ronnie Davis received the kick
off at the 34. Hasty made 6 through
the line and hit Leroy Williamson
for a gain of four yards and a first
down. But the Panthers could
move no further and Ellis kicked.
The Demons made a first down as
the third quarter ended and seem
ed steamed up enough to make
another TD.
They couldn’t get rolling again,
however, and punted out to Per
ry’s 19, where Hasty received the
kick. Ellis, Hasty and Williamson
made a first down by running the
ball and a pass to Goodman racked
up another first down. Another
pass to Goodman got the ball down
to the Demons 40-yard line.
Hammond messed up Perry’s
plans by intercepting a pass at the
31-yard line, the Demons couldn’t
get a drive going and punted out.
Perry moved the ball down to the
21 yard line of the Demons as the
game ended.
Coach St. John called Perry’s
showing “creditable” against
“those monsters” that had played
for Robins, who had 54 boys dress
ed. He said he liked the way Quar
terback Dozier Hasty threw those
passes and generally the way he
ran the team. He praised Charles
Bridges, Mike Kinnas and Good
man for their defensive work.
Bridges got a badly bruised ankle
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Wilkinson County
In Underdog Role
Against Panthers
The Perry Panthers, beaten in
their last two starts, look for bet
ter days this weekend when they
tangle with the Wilkinson County
Warriors here Friday night.
After winning their first start
against Vienna, 27-0, the Panthers
ran into two tough teams—Man
chester and Warner Robins, and
lost both.
Friday night they will meet a
team that has failed to win a
game this year, and the Panthers
are in the role of the favorite for
a change. Wilkinson lost to Put
nam County (Eatonton) last Fri
day night, 32-7.
“If we can keep healthy, we
should win most of our games the
rest of the season,” Coach Herb St.
John said. “Our biggest hurdles
are Hawknisville and Treutlen
County, who play each other this
Friday. Both of them have 3-0 re
cords and one of them has got to
get out of the undefeated ranks.”
“We ought to be able to take
Wilkinson Friday night, but they
are probably getting pretty hun
gray after losing three games and
they will be tough. They always
have a bunch of big, strong boys.”
Whal the Constitution Means to You;
DAR Sponsors Special Week in Perry
The Daniel C. Stewart Chapter
of the Daughters of the American
Revolution here is sponsoring the
local observance of Constitution
Week, with the request that mer
chants and residents display the
flag.
Here is a summary in layman’s
language on What the Constitu
tion Means to You:
It establishes for you a stable
and responsible government.
It makes you a citizen of the
United States, if native born.
It gives you citizenship, if for
eign bom, on complying with lib
eral naturalization laws.
It allows you a voice in the gov
ernment through the officials
whom you help to elect.
It guarantees you life, liberty
and the pursuit of happiness.
It defends your rights even
against the government itself.
It makes you equal with all men
before the law.
It confirms your religious free
dom, and liberty of conscience.
It accords you free, lawful
speech.
It guarantees you together with
all people the right of peaceable
assembly.
It permits you to petition the
government to right your wrongs.
It guards your property rights.
It prohibits the government
from taking your property with
out due process of law.
It lets you hold any office in the
gift of the nation for which you
are qualified.
It enables you to become a citi
zen of any state.
It prevents you from being held
to answer to a complaint unless
you have been lawfully accused.
It insures your right of trial by
jury of your fellow men.
It grants you the right of ha
beas corpus, that is, the right to
know why you are held a prisoner.
It assures you a speedy trial.
It permits your having counsel
for defense.
It prevents your being tried
again if once acquited.
It permits you to have a trial
in the state and district in which
you may be charged with an of
fense against the laws.
It lends you the power of gov
ernment to compel witnesses to
appear in your behalf.
It relieves you from compulsion
to testify against yourself.
in the Robins game but is expect
ed to recover by Friday night.
Other scores involving Perry op
ponents and nearby games includ
ed: Fort Valley 26, Crisp County
7; Jones County 32, Forsyth 13;
Vidalia 6, Bradwell 6; Hawkins
ville 39, Cochran 0; Putnam Coun
ty 32, Wilkinson County 0.
PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, SEPT. 21, 1961
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WATCH OUT FOR SNAKES
J. H. Beeland, Perry, and W. D.
Janney, Fort Valley, insurance
men, killed this 5-foot rattler out
on the old Fort Valley Road last
week. He measured 5 feet, 1 inch,
and had nine rattles. This is snake
crawling time and you should
watch every step when you walk
in weedy places. Charles Andrew
and Louis Smith are two other
Perryans who recently killed big
rattlers. (Home Journal Staff
Photo).
Henry Gotten attended the con
ference of the Episcopal Young
Churchmen at Camp Mikell in Toc
coa. Also attending was Mrs. Hal
Daniels Jr. of Warner Robins.
It forbids excessive bail.
It forbids excessive fines or
cruel punishment.
It protects you from slavery in
any form.
It keeps any state from depriv
ing you of your constitutional
rights.
It sanctions your bearing arms
for the protection of your life
and home.
It secures your home from
search except by lawful warrant.
It guarantees you that the legal
obligation of contracts shall not
be impaired.
It permits you to participate in
amendment of the Constitution
from time to time.
—The National Republic.
Redding H. Howard
Dies at Age of 90
Funeral services for Redding H.
Howard, 90, prominent Houston
county farmer and civic leader
who died at his home last Thurs
day, were held at 11 o’clock Sat
urday morning at Andrew Chapel
Methodist Church.
Rev. W. A. Smith and Rev. Gor
don Rainey officiated. Burial was
in Bonaire Cemetery.
Pallbearers were W. R. Evans,
B. F. Stripling, James Strickland,
Woodrow Chatham, T. A. Guest
and 0. L. Mitchell.
Mr. Howard was born at Holton,
Ga. but had lived in Houston coun
ty for 70 years. He was a retired
farmer. He had served as county
agent when Houston and Peach
were one county. He was a mem
ber of the Board of Stewards of
Andrew Chapel and a former Sun
day School superintendent. He had
served as a member of the Hous
ton County Board of Education
and a member of the County
Board of Tax Equalizers prior to
his retirement.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs.!
Maude Rainey Howard, Kathleen;
four daughters, Miss Clara How
ard, a missionary in Korea, Mrs. I
D. C. Peterson, Kathleen; Mrs, I.
P. Coulter, Marianna, Fla.; and
Mrs. W. R. Tye of Harlem, Ga.;
two sons, John W. Howard, Fort
Valley and Ralph H. Howard, Mon
ticello, Miss.; a sister, Mrs. S. T.
Bryan of Kathleen; seven grand
children and three great-grand
children.
Christopher Funeral Home was
in charge of arrangements.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Moss, Mrs.
Connie Hardin and children at
tended the rodeo in Macon Sun
day afternoon.
Harvest of Values
In Perry Stores
Perry’s merchants are pre
senting another special “Harvest
of Values Sale” this weekend,
with 20 stores cooperating to
bring Houston countians out
standing bargains.
On the center spread of the
first section of The Home Jour
nal is the double-page promotion
in which you will find real and
timely values for you and your
family. Check ’em now.
Car Thief Nabbed
After Crash Here
Perry Police Officers J. E. Ben
ford and B. E. Dennard arrested
a Negro here Sunday afternoon
on a charge of stealing a Cordele
car and hitting a local car almost
in front of City Hall.
Assistant Chief Dennard said
Sammie Lee Walker, 27, was
caught after his car ran into an
auto owned by James Meadows of
Grovania. He was charged here
with driving under the influence.
Dennard said Walker escaped
from the City Jail at Fitzgerald
Saturday night, stole a 1959 Ford
station wagon at Cordele and head
ed toward Perry.
The Perry police received a
call from the Unadilla police that
the car had struck another vehi
cle in Unadilla and was proceed
ing toward Perry. The local offi
cers picked up the chase near
Coopers Service Station across the
bridge on U. S. 41 South and were
pursuing Walker when he ram
med the Meadows car on Com
merce Street.
Dennard said the Negros car
went through Dukes Transport
Stop on the wild chase.
Cordele police picked up Walk
er and returned him there to face
the car theft charge. Walker also
is wanted at Fitzgerald for steal
ing a pistol, Dennard said.
Achievement Day
Os HD Council Set
For Perry Sept. 29
The Houstc.* County Home De
monstration Council held its first
executive meeting of the year on
Friday, September 15, in the
Courthouse with Helen Brown,
county home demonstration agent
in charge.
The president of the council,
Mrs. Leonard Kuehn, called the
meeting to order.
Plans were made for the Farm
Bureau supper, October 10 at 7:30
p. m. Mrs. Kezar is chairman of
the supper committee. Everyone is
urged to buy a ticket as early as
possible.
Achievement Day has been set
for September 28 and 29 at the
Armory. Open House will be from
2 p. m. until 4 o’clock on Friday,
September 29.
The public is cordially invited
to stop by and see the many and
varied handicrafts made by the
women of Houston County.
Ordination Service
Set at Ist Baptist
Three new deacons will be or
dained at the First Baptist Church
at the evening worship service at
7:30 Sunday.
Rev. R. Lee Buice, uncle of
Avon Buice, one of the new dea
cons, will preach the ordination
sermon. Mr. Buice is pastor of j
the First Baptist Church of Lin
colnton, Ga.
The other two new deasons are
Jimmy Connell and Julian Caw
thon. J. P. Duggan, elected recent
ly, has previously served as a dea
con and ordained.
The new deacons and the pre
sent deacons will meet at the
church at 6:45 p. m. for an exam
ination of the new deacons, it was
announced by Rev. James M. Te
resi, pastor.
Blood Donors Needed
An urgent call goes out this week for more blood donors
for the visit of the Red Cross Bloodmobile here on Friday,
Sept. 29.
Mrs. Martin Austin, bloodmobile chairman, said 150
donors are needed for this visit of the bloodmobile, and an
other 150 will be needed for the next visit about the first
of the year.
Perry’s quota is 250 pints during the next year. If the
county fails to meet its quota, the blood will not be available
to all residents of the county, as it has been for the past year,
but will be free only to donors and members of their families.
Donors will receive a “credit card” which will entitle them to
receive blood from the blood bank at no cost. Others will have
to pay the prevailing rate at the hospital.
The bloodmobile will be at the Perry Methodist Church
Annex on Friday, Sept. 29.
Pledgers of blood are asked to contact the presidents
of the clubs to which they belong or to call Mrs. Austin and
arrange for an appointment on bloodmobile day.
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Left to right, Mrs. Betty Murphy, Miss Irene Eason, Mrs. Evelyn Thompson, Herschel Thompson,
Mrs. Sara Horne. (Home Journal Photo by Henry Cotten).
Over 150 Perryans Turn Out to Learn
More About Perils of Atomic Attacks
More than 160 Perryans were
told by civil defense officials last
Thursday night that civil defense
“is a family” affair and families
will have the responsibility of try
ing to survive in case of an atomic
attack.
Evacuation of Perry in case of
attack is very unlikely, Civil De
fense Director Horace E. Evans
said. Because of the uncertainty
of wind directions, size of the
bomb dropped, distance of the
strike from Perry and other fac
tors make it unlikely that there
will be any time for evacuation.
“Don’t strike out for the school
house to get your children,” Mr.
Evans said. “The plan is to have
the school children transported by
car and bus to their own homes
as soon as posible. The rural chil
dren will be taken home by bus;
the Perry children will be taken
home by grade mothers, teachers
and other volunteers.”
He said each child will be as
signed a place to be in case of at
tack, and cars will be assigned to
take care of certain students.
Drills will be carried out at the
schools soon to perfect the system
being planned.
Dr. S. T. Mercer, district direc
tor of health, said America has
lagged badly in its civil defense
efforts, while Russia has 50 mil
lion people trained in CD work.
He said the health department
will train volunteer workers in
CD work.
Mrs. Aurelia Evans, director of
the county welfare department,
said her department will work to
get families together if they be
come scattered, will help in the
matter of emergency financing if
necessary and will provide hous
ing and clothing for those who are
in need.
Others who reported they will
be ready for work in case of an
attack were Miss Helen Brown,
home demonstration agent, and
Jack Bradley, office manager of
the ASC office here, All U. S.
agencies will work together to
help wherever possible, they said.
Mr. Evans said the demonstra
tion fallout shelter to be built by
the City of Perry should be un
der construction this week. It is
planned to have the shelter serve
as CD headquarters and to have
it manned so residents can learn
about shelters and what to do in
event of an attack. He is asking
for volunteers to be trained to ex
plain the shelter and other CD
activities.
He said every available site
for a possible community shelter—
to take care of those who cannot
get to their own shelters at home
—will be sought out and locations
published. He said that there is a
possibility that federal aid might
be obtained to stock these com
munity shelters with the necessi
ties of life.
Mr. Evans said the city’s water
supply would be contaminated and
only safe water would be that
stored prior to the attack.
The question was asked: “After
two weeks of staying in the shel
ter, what then?”
Mr. Evans said that if radiation
was still high after two weeks, it
was possible that the people would
have to be evacuated at that stage.
Or if food was contaminated, the
people of Perry might have to
get their food from other localities
not affected by the fallout.
“What about the people who
rent?” Mr. Evans was asked. “They
118 Perryans (Count ’em) Going Off
To Colleges of Choice This Month
(EDITOR’S NOTE: It is diffi
cult to compile a long list like
this without making mistakes or
leaving out names. If you know of
others who should be added,
please call Mrs. Wordna Gray at
429-2849. Thank you.)
Georgia Tech in Atlanta: Marvin
Griffin Jr., Terry Griffin, Edmund
Duggan, Frank Holland, Ronnie
Thompson, Rex Ivie, Jerry Wilson,
Graham Gallemore and Bill Wa
dick.
Middle Georgia College in Coch
ran: Sandy Crumley, Ronnie No
bles, Melba Gibson, Bob Malone,
Jim Hooks, Mrs. Wilson Moody
and Judy Hooks.
Georgia Southern in Statesboro;
Phyllis Anderson, Janie Brockie,
George Brown, Larry Brown, Jim
my Hutchinson, Bobby B. Jones,
Freddie Lampley, Beth Mason, Jer
ry Langston, Barbara Sandefur,
Tommy Sandefur, Larry Harkins,
Allen Hunt, Joel Roper, Kerry
Strong, Lonice Barrett and Jim
Pasquali.
Duke University in North Caro
lina: Jim Ginther.
University of Georgia in Athens;
Virgil Peavy, Boot Hunt, Larry
Walker, Pierce Staples, Max
Crook, Derry Watson, Billy Stubbs,
Jerry Willis, Carole Mason, Susan
McNeill, Georgette Austin, Len
nette Austin, Mary Ellis Manship,
Patsy Todd and Alton Hardy Jr.
The Woman’s College of Geor
gia in Milledgeville; Jean Norman,
Charlee Perfect, Janet Gray, Pat
Adams, Joan Roper, Ann NeSmith,
Marlene Foreman, Joyce Joiner
and Janice Knighton.
Macon Hospital School of Nur
sing: Marie Mohler, Eunice Terry,
Linda Com, Donna Deason and
Diane Fike.
Andrew College in Cuthbert:
Harrell Hutchinson, Norman Par- j
ker, Dottie Weaver, Allen Kenne
dy and Marsha Griggs.
William and Mary College in
Virginia: Susan Roberts.
Mercer University in Macon:
Linda Tabor, Larry Thomson,
Jackie Dean, Mary Middlebrooks,
Stanley St. John, Mrs. Angela Sil
cox, Joneal Lee, Charlie Ether
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cannot afford to build a shelter
and have to move off and leave
it.”
“It’s rough,” Mr. Evans said.
“We have no other answer than
to try to get the property owner
to build a shelter.”
He said it might be necessary to
install a radio antenna to receive
Conelrad, the CD radio network,
in the shelters, since they must
have about three feet of dirt or
gravel on top.
Mr. Evans said that fallout
would be “immediate” in the
event Warner Robins were hit by
a bomb. He said the fallout shelter
will be capable of protecting
against blast if Warner Robins
were hit by a small bomb.
The civil defense director was
pleased with the large crowd at
tending the meeting at the court
house and urged all residents of
the county to make every effort
possible to prepare to protect
themselves and their families in
the event of attack.
idge, Hugh Lawson, Wallace Boze
man and Larry Brown.
Shorter College in Rome: Mabel
Hunt.
King College in Bristol, Tennes
see: Miggie Molleur.
Emory University at Emory:
Sam Numi Jr., Mary Sue Nunn,
Johnny Gallemore, Sam Ryle and
Reeves Lawson.
South Georgia College in Doug
las; Bobby Griffin.
Tift College in Forsyth: Jackie
Smith.
Reinhardt in Waleska: Sidney
Hardy.
Abraham Baldwin College in
Tifton: Jerry Horton, Steve Lang
ston and Ted Perfect.
Wesleyan College in Macon:
Sherry Staples.
Grady Hospital Nursing School
in Atlanta; Sally Rapp.
Georgia Baptist Hospital School
of Nursing in Atlanta: Kay Rich
ards and Patricia Smith.
Auburn University in Alabama:
Jack Hulsey and Earl Lewis.
North Georgia College in Dah
lonega: Linda Borders, Conrad Bo
terweg and Gene Weaver.
Dade Junior College in Miami,
Fla.: Bill Russell.
Southern College of Optometry
in Memphis, Tenn.: Carlton Hicks
Jr.
Columbia College in Columbia,
S. C.: Sylvia Bryant.
Belhaven College in Mississippi:
Robert Griffin.
LaGrange College in LaGrange:
Libby Coleman.
Fork Union Military School in
Virginia: Alec Lytle.
University of the South in Se
wanee, Tenn.: Lee Gotten.
Georgia Southwestern College in
Americus: Francine Smith, James
Langston, Leonard Mitchell and
Ann Coleman.
The Citadel in Charleston, S. C.:
Larry Matthews.
Greenleaf Business College: Joey
Moody.
Business School in Atlanta:
Kline Rentz.
Vocational School in Americus:
Marvin Ragan.
Airline School; Vivian Culpep
per.