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A Big Welcome for a New Jaycee
Ronnie Stanley (I), president of the Perry Jaycees, extends
a big welcome to G. B. (Tony) Middleton, newly appointed
executive vice president of the Georgia Jaycees. Tony and his
wife, Barbara, will make their home in Perry, (Home Journal
Photo).
New Jaycee Stale Executive Officer,
Tony Middleton, Arrives for Duties
G. B. (Tony) Middleton, 25, has
asumed the duties of executive
vice president of the Georgia Jay
cees, replacing Hal Kunkel, who is
now manager of internal affairs
for the U. S. Junior Chamber of
Commerce.
Tony and his wife, Barbara,
come to Perry from Atlanta, where
he was serving in the capacity of
vice president of Manley and As
sociates, a public relations firm
which specializes in trade associa
tion management and consultant
services.
Prior to that, he worked in the
public recreations department of
the State Game and Fish Commis
sion and was connected with Trade
Association Consultants in Atlanta
for a short time.
He is a 1957 graduate of West
Fannin High School and a gradu
ate of the University of Georgia
School of Journalism where he ma
jored in advertising and public re
lations. He is a member of the
Presbyterian Church, Sigma Delta
Chi professional journalism frater
nity and the Georgia Society of
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One of Perryans in 'Peach State' Company
Boyd A. Rider, son of Mrs. Erma Rider of Elko, managed to
" ee P a smile all during the time he was being trimmed by a
at the Naval Training Center, San Diego, California. He
was one of the 61 youths from Georgia who suffered the *•!"•
[ate the morning after their arrival. Th ® n ® w eaC »^_ S Jf. t ®
began their training August 6. Other Ho “ s [° n J 0“. n '
ty boys who were inducted into the Navy as members’ ®
Peach State" Company in Atlanta were Allen F. Bryant and
Bli| y Schofill of Perry and Lewis M. Ayer Jr. of Elko.
Industrial Editors.
His wife, Barbara, is the former
Barbara Mann of Lexington, N. C.
She is a graduate of Georgia State
College. Mrs. Middleton plans to
teach in the Perry school system.
Situation Studied
By School Board
The Houston County Board of
Education met for several hours
Monday night to study the inte
gration situation in other sections
of the south, but no announce
ment was made as to any decisions
made.
No further meetings of the
board are scheduled until the re
gular meeting next Tuesday.
Janna Pritchett, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Allen Pritchett Jr., is re
cuperating at her home on Ever
green St. after undergoing a ton
silectomy last week.
The Houston Home Journal
INSIDE STUFF
There’s good news this week—
on the inside pages.
We offer weddings, bridal par
ties, and the comings and goings
of vacationers, and folks just visit
ing each other.
Another “exciting” story on the
old days in Perry;
The University of Georgia bas
ketball schedule, featuring two
Perry boys;
The attitude of the Warner Rob
ins Chamber of Commerce about
the school integration problem;
And other extremely interest
ing stories about Houston county
and its nice people.
Coldwater 40 tol
In Kiwanis Poll
Senator Barry Goldwater will
carry Houston county in a land
slide if a straw poll conducted
at the Perry Kiwanis Club meet
ing Tuesday is a good indication.
The vote was 40 for Gold
water, 1 for President Johnson
and two undecided.
At the Hospitals
Luther Wheelus, Bonaire, was
dismissed from the Macon Hospi
tal Thursday.
Mrs. Ivan Livingston was admit
ted to the Middle Georgia Hospital
last Thursday.
Mrs. Nancy Britt was dismissed
from Parkview Hospital last
Thursday.
Jack Crutchfield was admitted to
the Macon Hospital last Friday.
Janet Dickey was dismissed
from the Peach County Hospital
last Friday.
E. M. Beckham was dismissed
from the Middle Georgia Hospital
Saturday.
Pamela S. Kersey, Elko, was dis
missed from the Macon Hospital
Sunday.
Felix Smith Jr, was admitted to
the Peach County Hospital Tues
day.
Doris Lee was admitted to the
Peach County Hospital Tuesday.
William Hill was dismissed from
the Peach County Hospital Tues
day.
James Richard Harris was ad
mitted to the Macon Hospital
Tuesday.
Thomas Mason Jr. was dismiss
ed from the Macon Hospital Tues
day.
Guy Watson was admitted to the
Macon Hospital Monday.
Mrs. Robert McNeill was dis
missed from the Middle Georgia
Hospital Monday.
ASC Community Committee Nominees
Listed for Mail Election in August
The approaching election of
ASC community committees for
farm program edministration in
Houston county was announced to
day by J. A. Davis Jr., chairman
of the Agricultural Stabilization
and Conservation County Commit
tee.
Voting will be by mail, the
chairman explained, and ballots
have been sent to each known eli
gible voter. In case eligible voters
fail to receive a ballot through the
mail, contact the ASCS Office and
you will be sent one. Generally, a
farm owner, tenant, or sharecrop
per is eligible to vote if he is tak
ing part or is eligible to take part
in one or more of the programs
administered by the ASC commit
tees.
Envelopes containing marked
ballots may be mailed or returned
|to the ASCS County Office, any
time before August 21. Ballots will
be tabulated publicly by the coun
jty committee on August 27 at 9
a. m. in the Houston ASCS County
Office.
The following slates of nominees
for ASC community committees
have been announced:
Community “A”—Fred W. Car
ter, Harry Dumas, Otis Gunn, J. M.
PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, AUG. 6, 1964
Four Restaurants Here Cited
For Refusing Negroes Service
Perry FFA Boys
Win Camp Honors
Twelve members of the Perry
FFA chapter attended joint camp
with the members of other FFA
and FHA chapters over the state
during the week of July 27 to
July 31.
While at camp they joined for
ces with the Rockmart FFA chap
ter and were recognized as the
camp champions in softball. The
Perry boys placed first in the cab
in check during the entire week.
At the end of tht camping week,
the camp staff and advisors se
lected one FFA and one FHA
chapter as the outstanding chap
ter of the week. The Perry chapter
won this award by defeating the
following chapters: Hogansville,
Rockmart, Red Bud, Groves, Al
bany, Terrell county and Schley
county.
The following FFA members at
tended camp and were responsible
for this win: David Johnson, Hen
ry Watson, Clifford Malcolm, Leon
Roberson, David Lee, Billy King,
Bobby Law, Jim Davidson, Warren
Talton, Frans Met ns, Perry John
son and Wayne lewis.
BAND TO LEAVE
SUNDAY MORNING
Members of the Perry High
School Marching Band will leave
Sunday morning (August 9) for
one week at the Rabun Gap-Na
coochee School in North Georgia.
Five adults will accompanying
the students to Band Camp.
Those students who received
“Band Camp Information” sheets
must meet at the band room to
morrow (Friday) between 6 and
7 p. m. to pay their camp fee and
school insurance. These fees can
not be paid later than Friday. To
tal fee for each member is $12.75,
which includes school insurance.
Majorettes will pay an additional
fee of $lO for special training.
Make check payable to the Perry
Band Boosters Club, or please
bring correct change.
The bus will be packed Satur
day afternoon at 6 o’clock.
Coaches of Perry
Attending Clinic
Four coaches at Perry High
School are attending a Georgia
Coaches Clinic in Atlanta this
week.
Local coaches on the trip in-1
elude E. P. Staples, Herb St. John,
Ben Lee and Paul Hartman.
Johnson, W. E. Vinson Jr., A. A.
White Jr.
Community “B”—Ned Davidson,
Marvin Gentry, C. E. Sasser, H. C.
Talton Jr., Alfred White Jr., Rob
ert White.
Community “C” Harold Fesmire,
W. W. Gray Jr., Z. T. Mouser,
James C. Johnson, Richard A.
Johnson, W. C. Langston.
Community “D”—J. D. Abrams,
Harold Cook, H. T. Dunlap, A. E.
Harris, E. E. Loggins, Charles Per
fect.
Community “E”—Calvin C. An
del, Henry G. Andel, R. L. Davis,
C. T. Kersey Sr., F. W. Langston
Jr., C. D. Pickard.
For each committee, three regu
lar members and two alternates
will be elected. The chairman, vice
chairman, and regular member of
the elected ASC community com
mittee will also serve as delegate,
alternate delegate, and second al
ternate delegate, respectively, to
the county convention where the
ASC county committee will be cho
sen later this month.
Questions on eligibility to vote
and hold office, or on the election
procedure, will be determined by
the ASC county committee subject
to appeal to the ASC State Com
mittee.
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Cotton Grows in Middle of Town
Norman Parker Sr., service station employee at Union
Motor Co., waters His two stalks of cotton right on the corner of
Main and Ball Streets, in a "field" of about 6-square-feet. "Farm
ers tell me this would produce about two bales an acre if I had
an acre in this shape," Mr. Parker said. He had a corn stalk in
the same plot but decided he had to choose between corn and
cotton, and his cotton looked more productive. He doesn't have
an allotment for this cotton but he hopes the government will
not penalize him for "overplanting." (Home Journal Photo).
Walker-Thompson
Employs Staples
Pierce Staples, who will receive
his degree in animal husbandry
from the University of Georgia
this month, started to work for
Walker-Thompson Supply Co. here
Monday.
Mr. Staples, son of Mr. and Mrs.
E. P. Staples, is a graduate of Per
ry High School, where he was an
outstanding football and basket
ball player. He went to the univer
sity on a football scholarship but
could not play because of an in
jury.
Miss Nancy Edwards will arrive
this weekend to spend two weeks
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
E. E. Edwards.
The First One
This Summer
Jimmy Fountain, 14-year-old
son of Mr. and Mrs. C. A.
Fountain of Oajf Hill Drive, is
pictured holding a 4Va foot
rattlesnake; the first one re
ported killed in the city limits
this year. Jimmy and his broth
er, Allen, found this big one
in the back yard and did him
in with a blast from a 12-gauge
shotgun. The big snake sported
13 rattles. (Home Journal
Photo).
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PERRY EDGE
Wrightsville Man
Appointed Cashier
Os New Bank Here
Perry Edge, one of Wrights
ville’s most prominent young men,
has accepted the position of cash
ier at the new First National Bank
of Perry. Mr. Edge assumed his
duties here this week.
For the past 16 years, Mr. Edge
has been associated with the Bank
of Wrightsville and has been as
sistant cashier for the past several
years. He is a member of the
Baptist Church, an ordained dea
con of the church, member of the
Rotary Club, which has just elect
ed him, “Rotarian of the Year,”
and a member of the VFW and
American Legion.
Always interested in the civic
affairs of the county, Mr. Edge
has worked closely with young
people and their organizations.
The bank is expected to open
in the near future.
Lenox to Preach
At Methodist Sun ,
The Rev. Russell Lenox of Pun
ta Gorda, Fla., former pastor of
the Perry Methodist Church, will
preach at the local church at 9
and 11 a. m. Sunday. He will be
accompanied by Mrs. Lenox.
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Hearing Asking
Injunction Set
In Macon Sept. 8
Owners and managers of four
Perry restaurants who allegedly
refused to serve Negroes were or
dered b ya federal judge Monday
to show cause on Sept. 8 why they
should not be enjoined from dis
criminating against Negroes.
It was the first court test in
Middle Georgia of the public ac
comodations section of the civil
rights bill of 1964. It was filed by
seven Houston county Negroes.
Named as defendants in the suit
were:
John Parker Risher, doing busi
ness as Risher’s Restaurant; Harry
E. Dubois, manager of Risher’s
Restaurant; Arthur Palmer, doing
busniess as the City Restaurant;
the Colonial Restaurant, a corpor
ation, and R. C. Parcells, manager
of the Colonial Restaurant; J.
Yates Green, doing business as the
New Perry Hotel Restaurant, and
Harold E. Green, manager of that
establishment.
Alledgedly Denied Service
The plaintiffs, through their at
torneys, T. M. Jackson of Macon
and Jack Greenberg and Michael
Meltsner of New York City, cite
four occasions in July on which
they were allegedly denied service
at the defendant restaurants.
The plaintiffs further contend
that each incident is a direct viola
tion of Title II of the Civil Rights
Act of 1964 in that the restaur
ants are “places of public accom
modation” and “serve interstate
travelers, offer to serve interstate
travelers,” and offer “service of a
substantial portion of food which
has moved in the interstate com
merce.”
The planitiffs, Melvin Jones and
Sanford Vance, contend that on
July 14 they “approached Risher’s
Restaurant for the purpose of eat
ing and enjoying the services and
facilities of the restaurant which
are offered to the general public.
“At the entrance to the restau
rant, Defendant Harry E. Dubois
confronted them and asked what
they wanted. They replied that
they wished to be served.”
Directed Elsewhere
Risher reportedly directed them
to an eating place which generally
caters to Negroes, but the plain
tiffs said they wanted to be served
at Risher’s.
Dubois allegedly informed the
Negroes that they could not eat at
his establishment and was quoted
as saying he would “get my gun
and run you away from here.”
Jones and Vance said they left
the premises because of the threat.
Plaintiffs Arthur Tharpe and
Johnnie Fluellen said they enter
|ed the City Restaurant on July 5
but before being seated were ap
proached by restaurant owner Ar
thur Palmer who “informed them
that he was the owner and that
they were on private property and
would have to leave.”
“Refused to Serve”
Tharpe and Fluellen said Pal
mer admitted he was “refusing to
serve them” and “used opprobri
ous words.”
Another plaintiff, Willie Sim
mons, charged that on July 14 he
approached the Colonial Restau
rant and was stopped at the door
by the manage!, R. C. Parcells.
Parcells allegedly asked what
Simmons was doing there and Sim
mons answered that he desired
something to eat.
“The defendant retored that the
restaurant had never served Ne
gros in the past and that he (Par
cells) saw no reason to change this
policy,” Simmons charged.
In the fourth incident, plaintiffs
Sam Rogers Jr. and Billy Reid
Bannister alleged that they enter
ed the restauarnt in the New Per
ry Hotel on July 14 and were told
by the mnaager, Harold E. Green,
that “Negroes were not served in
the restaurant.”
Relief Is Asked
The plaintiffs contend that they
were “denied service at the defen
dant establishments solely be
cause they are members of the
Negroe race.”
(Cont’d Back Page, Sec. 1)