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Retiring County Officers Honored
J. H. Rosenburg, foreman of the August Grand Jury, stand
ing, and all the members of the grand jury took these retiring
Houston county officers to lunch Tuesday. Left to right are
Sheriff C. C. Chapman, Miss Florine C. Rainey and Ordinary
Lamar Christopher. (Home Journal Photo).
37 Football Candidates
Open Drills for Season
Combo Coming Here
For Teen Club Hop
Friday night, Teen Club has a
big evening of entertainment plan
ned for the Teen Club.
The Cobras whom you have en
joyed so much in the past will be
back with us and they will be here
for the remaining Friday nights
in August. In order to make these
combo nights a success, we need
the support of every member, so
be sure to be there.
The new Teen Council will be
elected this Friday night, which
is another reason why we need
all members.
During intermission at 9:30
there will be a very important
meeting of the Teen Club. We
hope all members and their guests
will be present. Dates are not
necessary.
TEEN REPORTER
BIRTHS
Mr. and Mrs. Leighton Kersey
announce the birth of a son,
Leighton Kersey Jr., on July 28 at
the Macon Hospital.
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth E. Whip
ple of Auburn, Ala. announce the
birth of a son, Peter Edward on
August 5, Mr. Whipple is the son
of Mr. and Mrs. Wendell K. Whip
ple of Perry.
Chamber Sends Personal Goodwill Ambassador to Florida
To Spread Folders Advertising Our Tourist Attractions
Miss Martha Cooper, traveling as
a goodwill ambassador of Perry’s
Chamber of Commerce and the
liiendly people of Perry, has just
10 turned from a motor trip of
1 hirida that covered .1,231 miles
13 days.
hhe left the beautiful new Per
folders in 128 places—cham
lers, commerce, motels, service
■’Cilions and eating places. She
‘‘lked to hundreds of people about
Try and she says she never
anyone say an unpleasant
'jc 1 about this city here at the
Crossroads of Georgia.
; re Tourist Committee of the
Try Chamber of Commerce paid
lK expenses (no salary) and she
at down Interstate 75 and visit
'he cities of over 8,000 popula
te near the interstate. She hit
dm Pa, Fort Myers, Orlando, Mi-
Jacksonville and other cities
feed people into the inter
state.
I he brochures received favor
' comment everywhere,” Miss
‘ ' l!)er sa 'd. “Two comments I al
heard was that the brochures
a’e attractive, beautiful and col
-1 and how expensive a job it
' a have been. The Perry Cham
'' of Commerce and the city
complimented many times
. aeing so progressive and alert,
a city of 7,000 people, to send
' cone out on a mission like
t and on printnig such bro
chures.”
Free Interstate Good
Cooper said the Georgia
1 Pike, which costs money, is
'Ctter than our free Interstate
, ‘ ‘ ]c did not violate any laws
"" ■’he saw warnings of $lO fines
Last Monday, 37 young Perry
High athletes donned shorts and
cleats and took to the field to kick
off the official beginning of foot
ball practice at PHS.
Starting Monday, August 17, the
local gym will undergo all the
necessary changes to accommodate
players, coaches and equipment
for a full week of football camp,
with practice sessions twice daily
—at 9a. m. and 6p. m.
The roster of names trying for
slots on the 1964 edition of the
Perry High Panthers football
squad reads like this; Draper Wat
son, John McNeill, Mark Volk, Eu
gene Graham, Rodney Lockerman,
Don Ganas, Jimmy Coleman, David
Walker, Mike Vance, Curtis Riner,
Joe Norman, Larry Ellison.
Ashley Whitehurst, Edward Mor
ton, Ed Pierce, Ricky Lawson, Ro
bert Chamlee, Spencer Gunn, Leon
Watson, Skeet Hulbert, Gary Mag
gard, David Overton, Stevie
Thompson, Ronnie Greene, Jimmy
Rainey.
Lee St. John, Marion Cloud,
Dick Gayle, Tom Clark, Edgar
Barfield, Sonny Livingston, Issac
Davis, Bob Cater, Jimmy Hardy,
Carl Boland, Jackie Smith, Jerry
Thompson, Barney Adams, Bobby
Arrington.
Next week, the Home Journal
will give you an inside look at
football camp in action, complete
with pictures and commentary.
FRANK HAGUE
for jaywalking or for failure to
stop at intersections.
The Perry ambassador was in
structed to try to make it in seven
days but it took her much longer.
She insists that it was not because
she talked so much, but was be
cause the Florida people and the
tourists wanted to ask questions
about Perry. (She says the men
talked more than the women she
met.)
Do not let this information out,
Miss Cooper says, but Perry, Ga.,
is not quite as well known as she
thought. Perry, Fla,, she said, is
better known to many tourists
than our Perry, Ga.
Miss Cooper was in Miami when
Interstate 75 and the Sunshine
Parkway were opened all the way
MISS MARTHA COOPER
The Houston Home Journal
Limited Integration Plan Adopted
By Board Beginning Next January
Interstate Fences
To Cordele to Cost
Quarter of Million
Fences on Interstate 75 from
Cordele to Perry will cost more
than a quarter of million dollars.
The apparent low bidder on 47.2
miles of fencing on the interstate
was Henry Trotman Co., Gaines
ville, and Henderson Construction
Co., Ocilla, who submitted a joint
bid of $256,359.
The fencing will start at the
Turner-Crisp county line below
Cordele and reach to Perry.
1,000 Committee
Hears Candidates
For Congress Seat
Three candidates for the Third
District Congressional seat were
well received in an appearance be
fore the “Committee of 1,000” in
the Capri Theatre Tuesday night.
Erie Cocke Jr., Robert L. New
by and Ed Wohlwender spoke to
the group and fielded questions
from the audience. Mr. Cocke said
that he will vote Democratic be
cause he is running in a Demo
cratic primary and will be loyal
to the party he represents. Mr.
Newby brought two cans of Gold
water and said he will vote for the
Republican nominee. Mr. Wohl
wender made it clear that he will
not vote for President Johnson.
Malcolm Reese, executive secre
tary of Security Federal Savings
and Loan Association and chair
man of the Private School Com
mittee of the “Committee of
1,000”, made his report on the pri
vate school system at Prince Ed
ward County, Virginia. His report
was also made to the Perry Kiwan
is Club Tuesday, and is covered
elsewhere in this issue.
The next meeting of the “Com
mittee of 1,000” will be held
Aug. 25.
Superior Court
To Open Monday
About 120 civil cases will be on
the calendar for a session of Hous
ton Superior Court opening Mon
day, August 17, at 10 a. m.
from Miami to Perry. A Miami
paper ran a front page feature of
a reporter who drove from Miami
to Perry in seven hours, she re
ported.
Everybody Hunts Interstate
“The AAA officers said that
: everyone insists on being routed
by 1-75 whether going to New
York or New Orleans,” Miss Coop
er said. “Almost every AAA of
fice had someone there who knew
about, either having stayed over
night here or having eaten a meal
| here.
“My sales talk on Perry for the
traveling tourist was that we had
the shortest business loop through
town that could be found on 1-75;
that it was a four-lane loop offer
i ing the best opportunity for meals,
gas and lodging; that U. S, 41 and
U. S. 341 crossed at Perry, as well
as other state highways; being in
the center of the state it was easy
to go anywhere in Georgia from
Perry, and that the people of
Perry are anxious to welcome the
| tourists and help them enjoy their
visit to Perry.”
She said listing of the churches
; on the brochure was a good idea
because many tourists will stop
when they know the churches
available.
“Perry has everything to offer
the visiting tourist, it just needs
advertising and developing,” Miss
| Cooper said. “Everyone in Perry
I should be interested in selling the
I town. Welcome the visitors. Be
pleasant, not crabby, even if the
■ tourist is. He may be so surprised
! at your pleasantness that he is
too shocked to respond.”
PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, AUG. 13, 1964
'Barbecue to Go'
Scheduled Aug . 20
To Aid Teen Club
The Sorelle Club is sponsoring
a “Take Home Barbecue” for the
benefit o£ the Teen Club on Au
gust 20 from 5 to 7 at the Armory.
Those who would like to give
the Teen Club a helping hand and
also have a delicious supper that
night should call Mrs. Hubert
Aultman at 429-1264 or Mrs. Stew
art Richardson at 429-2796, and
tickets, costing $1.25, will be de
livered to your door by members
of the Teen Club.
Step to the telephone now, and
make that call to support the
young people of Perry!
At the Hospitals
William Bates was dismissed
from the Macon Hospital Friday.
Georgia C. Barbour was dismiss
ed from the Macon Hospital Fri
day.
Mrs. Ivan Livingston was dismis
sed from the Middle Georgia Hos
pital Friday.
Mary Lou Sprouse was dismiss
ed from the Peach County Hospi
tal Friday.
W. E. Beckham was admitted to
the Middle Georgia Hospital Sun
day.
Mrs. Cheryl Kovac was dismiss
ed from the Peach County Hospi
tal Sunday.
Cheryl Kovac was admitted to
the Peach County Hospital last
Wednesday.
Frances Goff was dismissed from
the Peach County Hospital last
Wednesday.
James R. Harris was dismissed
from the Macon Hospital last Wed
nesday.
Guy Watson was dismissed from
the Macon Hospital Monday.
Elvie Pennington was admitted
to the Macon Hospital Tuesday.
Anthony Keith White was dis
missed from the Macon Hospital
Tuesday.
Horace B. Williams was admit
ted to the Macon Hospital Tues
day.
Wyatt D. Kersey was admitted
to the Middle Georgia Hospital
Tuesday.
Don Lockaby was dismissed
from Houston County Hospital
Monday.
Doris Wicks was admitted to
Peach County Hospital Monday.
Rickie Batchelor was admitted
to Peach County Hospital Tuesday.
JACK CRUTCHFIELD
STILL IN HOSPITAL
Jack Crutchfield, local manager
of the Georgia Power Company, is
still confined in Macon Hospital
following a heart attack suffered
two weeks ago. He is reported to
be improving.
Mr, and Mrs. Charles Andrew
spent the weekend in Vidalia.
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Youths Demonstrate Water Safety Lessons They Learned
Swimming Classes Closed with Farm Bureau Picnic Last Friday Afternoon
Mrs. Lasseter's
Father Dies at 77
John Lenieus Black, 77, of Rt.
1, Eastman, father of Mrs. Verner
Lee Lasseter of Perry, died Satur
day in the Taylor Memorial Hospi
tal in Hawkinsville following a
long illness.
Funeral services were at 3 p. m.
Sunday in the Midway Baptist
Church, with the Rev. D. E. Wil
liams officiating. Burial was in
the Black Family Cemetery in Pu
laski County.
Mr. Black was a native of Pulas
ki county and was a member of the
Midway Baptist Church. He was
a retired farmer.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs.
Hattie Kirkley Black; two sons,
John L, Black Jr. and Robert B.
Black, both of Hawkinsville; three
daughters, Mrs. Hazel K. Beck of
Eastman, Mrs. V. L. Lasseter of
Perry, and Mrs. Opel V. Taylor of
Empire; 12 grandchildren; one
brother, Vernon B. Black of Haw
kinsville; two sisters, Mrs. W. B.
Daniels of Eastman and Mrs. W.
N. Jones of Hawkinsville, and a
half-sister, Mrs. Freeman Jenkins
of Grovania.
Commissioners Go
To National Meet
Three of the five Houston county
commissioners attended the annu
al convention of the National As
sociation of County Commissioners
in Washington, D. C., this week.
Leaving by plane from Atlanta
Sunday were Chairman Alton
Tucker and Members Homer J.
Walker and Hugh L. Beatty. They
were expected to return home to
day.
County Will Erect $25,000 Addition
To Office Building at Warner Robins
The Houston county commis
sioners voted last Saturday to
build an addition to the county
office building at Warner Robins
costing about $25,000.
The commissioners traded with
H. and W. Supply Co. to build the
addition for cost plus 8 per cent,
with the total not to exceed
$25,000.
The addition, which will have
2,500 square feet, will include six
offices, a radio room and three
jail cells.
Bonds totaling $500,000 for con
struction of an addition to the
Houston Hospital in Warner Rob
ins were signed and validated Sat
urday.
At a meeting of the county
commissioners it was announced
the bonds will be sold Thursday
Ragan in Crew
Os Ticonderoga
3cPO Marvin Ragan, son of
Mrs. Hugh Ragan of Henderson,
is a member of the crew of the
Aircraft Carrier Ticonderoga,
which was involved in the brief
shooting off the toast of North
Viet Nam.
Airman Ragan Jett the slates
on the carrier on April 14 from
its base at San Diego, Calif. It
was supposed to be just another
cruise but it was attacked by PT
boats on Monday and Tuesday of
last week.
“I am keeping my fingers
crossed that we won’t have a
real war,” Mrs. Ragan said.
COMING EVENTS
Brotherhood of the First Bap
tist Church will have a father-son
banquet at the church at 7:30 p.
m. today. A basketball film will be
shown. Fathers are asked to bring
their sons or “borrow” a son for
the night.
Houston County Chapter 383,
Order of Eastern Star, will meet
August 18 at 8 o’clock at the Ma
sonic hall. All members are urged
to attend. Let’s go. Alice Boyer,
W. M, and George Boyer, W. P.
The Perry Newcomers Club will
meet Thursday evening at the
home of Shirley Rogers, 1220 Oak
hill Drive, If directions are need
ed, please call 429-2031 or 429-
1908.
The American Legion Post will
meet at 7:30 p. m. today at the
Logon Home. All members are
urged to attend.
in Atlanta.
The commissioners decided that
$400,000 of the $500,000 total will
be used for the purchase of sav
ings certificates through the four
banks in the county with the banks
to receive one-half of one per cent
of the interest obtained.
The remaining SIOO,OOO will be
deposited in special savings ac
counts at the four banks to be
available when needed for the
construction of the project.
Construction of a 60-bed addi
tion to the hospital in Warner
Robins has already been approved
by state and federal agencies and
funds have been allocated. Under
the Hill-Burton Act the state and
federal governments will furnish
approximately one third each of
the cost with the county furnish
ing the remaining one third.
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ESTABLISHED 1870
Pupil Assignment
Program to Start
With 12th Grade
The Houston County Board of
Education Tuesday adopted a grad
ual, limited program of integra
tion, beginning with the 12th
grade in the second semester of
this school year and extending
through
The program, adopted after a
three-hour closed session, provides
for applications to be made to the
board for transfer to specific
schools. The applications will be
considered by the board and de
cisions made by the board or its
authorized agents.
The board will receive between
Oct. 15 and Nov. 15 of this year
applications for transfers for the
second semester of the school
year, which is about the middle
of January, 1965.
The plan provides for desegre
gation of lower grades on a sche
dule of a little better than a grade
a year, reaching down to the first
grade by 1972.
Pupil Assignment
“In compliance with the Civil
Rights Act, and to further and
promote the best interest of all
the students in our school system,
the- following pupil assignment
schedule shall be instituted in the
schools of Houston county,” the
resolution said.
It was reported that this plan
has been approved in other school
systems by the federal courts, al
though there is no assurance that
this plan will be acceptable to the
Department of Health, Education
and Welfare. The HEW Depart
ment is expected to consider the
plan sometime in September.
Here is the schedule adopted by
the board of education:
1. Application for assignment to
specific schools may be submitted
between October 15, 1964 and No
vember 15, 1964 for the second
semester of th school year 1964-65.
A request for a change of assign
ment shall be made on forms sup
plied by the Board of Education
and shall be restricted to the 12th
grade. Such application, when
made, shall be reviewed by the
Board of Education and the Coun
ty School Superintendent, or such
other individaul or committee as
may be designated by the Board
of Education,
After First Year
2. Thereafter, applications shall
be processed in like manner on
the following schedule:
a. Application for grades 10 and
11 or above shall be received be
tween April 15 and May 15, 1965
for the school year 1965-66.
b. Application for grade level 9
or above shall be received be
tween April 15 and May 15, 1966
for the school year 1966-67.
c. Application for grade level 8
or above shall be received between
April 15 and May 15, 1967 for the
school year 1967-68.
d. Application for grade level 7
or above shall be received between
April 15 and May 15, 1968 for the
school year 1968-69.
e. Application for grade level 5
and 6 or above shall be received
between April 15 and May 15,
1969 for the school year 1969-70.
f. Application for the grade lev
el 4 or above shall be received
between April 15 and May 15,
1970 for the school year 1970-71.
g. Application for grade level 2
and 3 or above shall be received
between April 15 and May 15,
1971 for th school year 1971-72.
h. Application for grade level 1 or
above shall be received between
April 15 and May 15, 1972 for the
school year 1972-73.
Roy Sasser, president of the
Warner Robins Chamber of Com
merce, presented resolutions sign
ed by 50-odd clubs and individuals
asking that the board submit an
acceptable integration plan to as
sure the continuance of the pub
lic school system and to assure
continued federal financial assis
tance to the school system.
Mrs. C. I, Shelton of West Point,
Ga. is the guest of her son,
Charles Irby Shelton and Mrs.
Shelton.