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VOL^ )1 NQ ~ 41 PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, OCT. 12, 1961 ESTABLISHED 1870
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RUSS MAYO MAKES GAIN AGAINST DEVILS
Sub Halfback Lugged Ball 15 Yards on This Play
DOZIER HASTY PICKS UP YARDS FOR PERRY
Quarterback Gets 6 Yards in Second Quarter Effort
Hawkinsville Red Devils
Smother Panthers, 27-0
The Hawkinsville Red Devils,
smarting from a defeat at the
hands of Treutlen County two
weeks ago, sent the Perry High
Panthers down to humiliating de
feat, 27-0, in Hawkinsville last
Friday night.
The Panthers presented Haw
kinsville three scoring chances by
fumbling four of the first seven
times Perry got the ball.
In just seven plays from the
time the game started, with Per
ry receiving the kickoff, Hawkins
ville had a touchdown on a pass
play of 42 yards, Billy Grinstead
to Johnny Jennings.
Leroy Williamson fumbled on
the second play after Ronnie Da
vis received the opening kickoff.
After the second kickoff, Alton El
lis fumbled on the first play from
scrimmage and in six plays, Haw
kinsville had its second touch
down, with Cater Massee going
over for the score.
After receiving the third kick
off, the Panthers managed to run
three plays before Ellis fumbled
again and Hawkinsville recovered
on Perry’s 44-yard line. It took
only six more plays for another
pass to Jennings to pay off with
Miss Lynn Smith Presented DAR's
Good Citizen Award for Year 1961
Miss Carol Lynn Smith, 17,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Stanley
E. Smith Jr., has been presented
the DAR good citizen award by
the General Daniel Stewart Chap
ter of Perry for 1961.
This award is presented yearly
to the senior girl who possesses
the following qualities to an out
standing degree: dependability,
service, leadership and patriotism.
Miss Smith has been an out
standing student at Perry High,
both in her academic work and ex
tra curricular activities. She has
been on the Varsity Debate team
for three years, winning first
place in State and Region for two
years. She has also been in the
one-act play casts for the past
three years, and won the best ac
tress award in the region last
year.
In girls’ declamation in 1959-60,
she placed first in the region and
second in the state. In 1960 she en
tered the VFW ‘I Speak for De
mocracy” contest and won first
place in the county.
Since entering Perry High as a
freshman, she has been an active
member of the band as majorette,
a member of the Beta Club, Span
ish Club, Glee Club, Tri-Hi-Y, and
Junior Classical Guild, serving as
president of this group in 1960.
Miss Smith is also an active
member of the Perry' Methodist
their third touchdown just one
play after the second quarter
opened.
It obviously was not Perry’s
night. Perry had managed to get
five first downs in the first half,
one of them byway of a penalty,
but the Panthers’ scoring efforts
went for nothing.
Hawkinsville seemed to be con
tent with the 27-point lead in the
last half and Coach Bobby Gentry
used more than two teams in the
rout. Perry, meanwhile, failed to
threaten seriously as the Red Dev
ils tightened up whenever neces
sary.
Perry had 10 first downs at the
end of the game, to Hawkinsville’s
12. Perry gained 136 yards rush
ing and 60 by passing, while Haw
kinsville had 153 yards rushing
and 113 yards passing.
Perry goes to Mount Vernon
Friday night to take on the Mont
gomery County eleven. The Pan
thers have a 2-4 record for the
year and hope they are coming to
the easiest part of their schedule, 1
with Montgomery County, Vidalia, 1
Forsyth and Lyons in that order ;
. (with an open date on Oct. 20.)
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MISS LYNN SMITH
Church and served as President of
the Intermediate MYF group, and;
is now president of the Senior 1
MYF.
For two summers, her diversi
fied talents led her into communi
ty affairs by having her own ra
dio program 15 minutes daily, giv
ing Perry news and personalities.
At present she finds time, in ad
dition to her many school activi
ties to help her father in his
office and work part time at the
Perry Loan and Savings Bank.
Houston K mvml
UGF Drive
For Perry
Kicked Off
The largest gathering of United
Givers’ Fund key personnel ever
assembled in Perry rallied early
Wednesday morning at a break
fast meeting at the New Perry
Hotel to kickoff the 1962 county
wide campaign for the all-time
high goal of SIOO,OOO.
All six divisions were well rep
resented to hear UGF President,
Mrs. Roy E. Richardson, stress
the importance of this commu
nity effort, and her announce
ment that the Robins Air Force
Base drive was making excellent
progress.
Stanley E. Smith, campaign co
ordinator, greeted the group with
the announcement that, “Flint
Electric Membership Corpora
tion had started the drive toward
our goal with a pledge of $4,000.”
Smith further announced that
the following out-of-town con
cerns have already given their
support to our drive; Aero- May
flower Transit Co., Armstrong
Cork Co., Cornell-Young Co., R.
C. Cropper Co., Hunt-Ragan, Inc.,
Macon Coca-Cola Bottling Co.,
Murphey, Taylor and Ellis, Inc.,
Peach State Music Co., Daven
port Heating and Air Condition
ing Co., Dixie Tobacco and Can
dy Co., and Georgia Timberlands,
Inc. These firms are all doing
business in Perry, Warner Rib
ins or in both areas.
In keeping with established
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Dentists at Robins AFB Settle Here
And Families Like Small Town Living
BY HAZEL MITCHELL
The spotlight is focused this
week on a new “foursome” to Per
ry, the Arnold Mannis and the Ger
ald Wallach families who reside in
the Normandy Apartments on
Pine Ridge Drive.
Both families, who happen to
be close friends, are part of the
military personnel recently trans
ferred to Robins. AFB Capt. Man
nis and Lt. Wallach are dentists
assigned to the base hospital.
Mrs, Mannis, the winsome young
mother of a four-month old son,
Calmin, says she is “happy to be
back in a small town once more.”
i Originally from Gainesville, Fla.,
Sandy says she “likes knowing the
people she lives and shops with.
“Here in Perry, I have found a
sincere personal interest from ev
evryone I’ve met.”
Capt. Mannis, from Miami, feels
“equally at home” and finds the
small town atmosphere “refresh
ing and rewarding.”
He received his training at a
medical college in Virginia and
1 later did graduate work at the
Children’s Hospital in Philadel
phia, Penn. Mrs. Mannis was a
secretary for a large insurance
company before her marriage.
Ironically, the couple was in
troduced one day by a mutual
friend while both were patients in
a dentist’s office.
Wallachs from New York
New York City is the homeplace
of Lt. and Mrs. Gerald Wallach,
but they find their introduction to
the South and small town life,
“one of the best things that ever
happened to us.” They love the
residential area with “such well
kept homes, such wide, green
lawns and we never cease to be
amazed at your friendliness and
charm,” vivacious Dottie exclaim
ed.
When she and little four-month
old Ilisa came down to join Lt.
Wallach, they were accompanied
by her father, a manufacturer
from Brooklyn. Dottie says her
father was equally impressed with
the warmth and friendliness of
everyone. Both were delighted to
see the children running around in
barefooted abandonment some
thing she says she had never seen
before.
“We feel We were most fortun
ate in selecting Perry as our home
I for the next two years and we are
i enjoying your very real southern
hospitality,” she said.
They met at a fraternity party
while he was attending New York
University and she was teaching
first grade in the New York Pub
lic School System.
“I have been thinking of apply
ing for a license to teach in Geor
gia,” she added.
The two men enjoy the same
hobbies—golf and cooking. On al
ternate Sundays each one plans
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, JUDGE SBOWHMIRAY
Judge Gray to Talk
| For Laymen's Day
At Local Church
I
Judge Bowie Gray of Tifion will
i be one of three speakers on Lay
. men’s Day services at the Perry
' Methodist Chbrch Sunday.
I Judge Gray will speak at the
1 11 a. m. service. J. E. Worrall,
principal of Perry Grammar
' School, will speak at the 9 a. m.
| service and Charles P. Gray at
the 7:30 p. m. hour.
| Ralph Tabor, chairman of Lay
’ men’s Day activities, will preside
at all the services. It is Laymen’s
Day in all churches of the South
Georgia Conference.
’ Judge Gray, son of Mr. and Mrs.
W. W. Gray Sr. of Perry, is a
‘ graduate of Perry High School and
the law school of Mercer Univer
\ sity. He was a special agent of
’ the Federal Bureau of Investiga
tion for seven years and after the
. war he ran successfully for the
judgeship of the Tifton Judicial
Circuit of superior courts.
and cooks the entire dinner forj
s the other three, Mrs. Mannis de
■- scribes this -3 “an all-day affair,
- with the end results most reward
i ing.” Capt, Mannis, she says pores
i over magazines, clipping recipes
that strike his fancy, and in his
) spare time produces “some of the
; most unusual looking dishes which
- always end up tasting just right.”
Lt. Wallach says that last Sun
-3 day’s meal featuring an elaborate
shrimp casserole, prepared by
I Capt. Mannis, was so delicious he
, has decided maybe he should with
; draw from the cooking competi- :
’ tion.
, “Next Sunday,” he promised,
; “when it’s my time to cook, they’ll
feast on scrambled eggs.”
1 A Snake Episode
As this is Lt. Wallach’s first
trip South, Capt. Mannis is having
5 the time of his life introducing
! him to many strange new sights.
• He had never seen a live snake
but from the reports he had heard
1 about cotton mouth mocassins, he
I had built up a decided aversion
! to this variety, so it was to be
• expected when he saw his first
1 snake a few Sundays ago, while
• playing golf, to call Capt. Mannis
over to see “the big cotton mouth”
■ he had found on the fairway.
I When Capt. Mannis spied the
i small, harmless black snake he
picked him, an act which prompt
ed Lt. Wallach to retreat full-speed
i in the direction of the club house.
Lt. Wallach’s thoughts on the
( matter later can best be summed
up by the statement, “whether
■ it’s a mocassin or the garden var
: iety, as far as I’m concerned, the
only harmless snake is a dead
snake.”
When their two years of active
duty is finished, both officers |
think now they will return home ■
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NEWCOMERS TO PERRY
Left, Lt. and Mrs. Wallach and
baby; right. Captain and Mrs.
Mannis and baby. (Photo by
; Aristocrat Studio).
Interstate Work
North of City Let
Rest of Section
In County Placed
Under Contracts
Hugh Steele, Inc., of Atlanta
Friday submitted the apparent low
bid of $2,597,832 for construction
of 9.7 miles of grading and paving
of Interstate Highway 75 in Hous
ton and Peach counties.
Wright Construction Company
of Columbus submitted the low
bid on bridges on this stretch. The
bid was $361,103, the Stale High
way Department announced.
Letting of this contract com
pletes the contracts on all of the
Interstate 75 through Houston
county. Hugh Steele, Inc. also won
the contract for the stretch from
Perry to the Dooly County line
and the R. G. Foster Bridge Com
pany won the bridge contract for
the southern section of the inter
state.
Lettings Reach $8 Millions
The contracts for the road build
ing and the bridges on the south
ern leg amounted to almost $5
millions. Friday’s letting brings
the total for the Interstate in this
county to almost $8 millions. This
does not include the money ne
cessary to obtain right-of-way and
pay damages to property owners.
Trial of the condemnation cases
on the right-of-way will come up
in Houston superior court Nov. 6. j
Negotiations for the right-of-way
on the northern section are under
way now.
Highway Board Chairman Jim
L. Gillis announced that a total
apparent low bid of $11,304,643
has been received by the Highway
Department on 17 contracts for
I new roadwork in 19 Georgia coun
ties.
Included in this letting were
seven Interstate, two Federal-aid
Primary, six Federal Secondary,
and two State-aid contracts. The
award of these contracts will raise
to some $111,751,300 the dollar
value of roadwork initiated dur
ing the current year, not includ
ing county contract or state forces
work.
The Interstate contracts will 1
raise to some 330 miles the
I amount of Georgia’s 1,100-mile In
terstate System upon which con
struction has been initiated since
the program got underway in 1956,1
some 122 miles of which have been
completed. The remaining Inter- ]
state work in the coming letting
will consist of signing or struc
tures along mileage already placed
under construction.
Baptists to Mark
Loyalty Day Here
Sunday Morning
Loyalty Day will be observed at
the First Baptist Church Sunday,
when members will bring special
offerings for the building fund i
and have a picnic lunch at the 1
noon hour.
The goal this year, the fourth
annual Loyalty Day to be obser-1
ved, is $4,200, which represents I
four monthly payments on the
building debt, which has now been
reduced to $73,132 from a begin
ning debt of $105,000.
The attendance goal for Sunday
School is 500.
The picnic lunch will be served
in the assembly room of the Edu
cational Building, with members
bringi »s the lunch for their fam
ilies and friends.
CITY NOTICE
City taxes are clue and pay
able on or before Oct. 15, 1961.
Inasmuch as Oct. 15 falls on a
Sunday, property owners will
have through 5:30 p. m. Monday,
Oct. 16, 1961, to pay their taxes.
If taxes are not paid by Oct. 16,
1961, interest and fi fa charges
must be added.
MAYOR AND COUNCIL
City of Perry
Building Erected
For Barber Shop
E. F. Bellflower is constructing |
a building next to the former 10-1
cation of the Dairy Queen on U.
S. 41 South to be used for a bar-1
her shop.
Mr. Bellflower said the build
ing will be 24 x 26 feet of brick
construction and will accomo
date four barber chairs. It is
expected to be ready for occu
pancy by the end of October.
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ANOTHER BIG SNAKE KILLED IN COUNTY
Andrew Hanson, holding snake, and D. F. Day, Elko, killed thi*
13-rattle rattlesnake on Big Creek Farm between Elko and Hender
son last weekend. Mr. Day's daughter, Sheila, is not quite sure she
I likes posing with a snake. (Home Journal Staff Photo).
Best Way to Regard Snakes Is Stay
Away from Places They Might Be
The best rule to follow regard
■ ing snake bites is to stay out of
. places where snakes are liable to
be this lime of year, says Andy
. Hanson of Henderson, Red Cross
I first aid instructor.
> I “If you haven’t got any real
! j business in the woods, stay out,”
, Mr. Hanson says, “because this is
' | the time of year when they are
j moving into winter quarters. Chil
, dren especially should be kept
, out of the woods.”
Mr. Hanson has killed several
monster rattlesnakes this year,
one with 17 rattles, two others
with 15 and 10 rattles. He says
I there is a bumper crop of rattlers
this year and their number will
j continue to grow because of the
( large number of acres in pastures
' and woods in Houston county. He
says he knows of seven big rattlers
| being killed in the lower part of
the county.
Snakes are heading for high
ground where they will go into
holes for the winter. They leave
the low-lying areas because they
Methodists Conduct
Four-Day Revival
Dr. Albert P. Shirkey, pastor of
I Mount Vernon Place Methodist
.Church, Washington, D. C., is the
I guest minister for the revival ser
l vices being held at the Perry Me
thodist Church from Monday
through tonight.
Rev. Raymond Wilder, Bruns
wick, is conducting the song ser
vices for the services, which arc
held at 10 a. m. and 7:30 p. m.
Dr. Shirkley must return to
Washington after tonight’s ser
vice because all air travel will be
, halted for a nationwide mock air
alert Saturday.
Excellent congregations are at-1
tending the series of services.
Permits Issued by City for Building
Two Privately-Owned Fallout Shelters
Two permits have been granted
for fall-out shelters in Perry, ac
cording to records at the City of
fice.
Dan Britton is constructing one
at his home on Parkway Drive,
using metal grain bins with a con
-1 crete floor and roof. Mrs. Britton
says their shelter is being built
behind the carport of the Britton
home, above ground, and will con
' sist of one bin 14 feet in diameter
placed inside a larger 18 foot one.
|lt will accomodate six to eight
persons.
The second one, the under
ground type, is being built by
Bragg Construction Company be
hind a new home under construc
tion on Briarcliff Road.
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OUR 91 ST YEAR
-1 don’t want to have water coming
f into their winter homes.
) Don’t apply a tourniquet if you
y are bitten by a snake, Mr. Hanson
s says. Use a “construction band
age,” which would be a handker
j chief tied between the bite and
. the heart, but not tightened as you
; do a tourniquet. Just apply enough
> pressure to stop the blood in the
1 veins going back to the heart, but
l_ not enough to stop the flow in the
arteries. If you stop all the blood,
. he says, the poison will remain
where the fangs entered and when
; the pressure is released, the poi
| son will go right to the heart.
’ You want a snake bite to bleed
’ profusely, Mr. Hanson says, so you
| should cut (with a razor blade or a
knife) across the bite both ways.
Then cut other crosses between
the bite and the heart so the poi
, son can bleed out. A person has
been known to lose as much as a
quart of blood and live, he says,
but he wouldn’t recommend it. A
pint is enough.
But the best idea is to stay out
of snaky places!
Cawthon to Open
New Men's Store
Julian Cawthon, partner in Per
ry Super Foods, announced this
i week that he will establish a men’s
. clothing store at 922 Carroll
. Street.
A new front is being installed
|on the building, which is owned
by C. E. McLendon. Mr. Cawthon
said he expects to open the new
store in November, and will an
nounce additional plans later.
MISS MASON PLEDGES
DELTA ZETA SORORITY
Miss Carole Mason, a freshman
at the University of Georgia, has
I pledged to the Delta Zeta sorority.
! She is the daughter of Mr. and
1 Mrs, Edward Mason of Perry.
It is fourteen feet underground
and is made of 8 inch concrete
blocks and cement poured on re
inforced steel with six-inch re
inforced concrete roof. Four feet
of dirt will be spread over the
roof and a four-inch concrete pa
tio built over the top. A 2x5 foot
steel covered stairway will lead
from the patio to the underground
| area.
The walls inside are painted
white with a green floor. Two air
filter vents and a pump has also
been installed. The structure is
12 by 10 feet and will accomodate
ten persons.
Mr. Bragg said the shelter will
be open Saturday for public in
spection.