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SHIRLEY B. CLIFTON
Houston Republicans
fleet 20 Delegates
Houston County Republicans
ast Saturday elected delegates
;o the slate convention and set
up a permanent county organi
:ation.
Earned as delegates to the
Hate convention were Dr. Doyle
?ratt, Marvin T. Morrow, Mrs.
*°ena Sawyer, Dr. V. W. Mc
sver, Dr. W. A. Spears, Bill
Roberts and Mrs. Joe Roberts,
Varner Robins; Mrs. Naomi
icughton and Paschal Muse,
err y, and A. W, Pratt, Byron.
Alternates named were Mrs,
ncEvers, Ted Waddle, Jim
ohnson, Ronald Rowland, Mrs.
►Pears, Charles Caiter, Collins
►arnson and Robert Mitcham,
garner Robins; Marion L.
' rovvn and Frank Jaros of
erry.
The crowd of about 100 Re-
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Architect's Sketch of First National Bank of Perry Building
I the by Architect Richard V. Richards of Albany of
0n the Gail 9 for the First National Bank of Perry to be constructed
5 publicans gathered in the Su
-5 perior Courtroom of the Hous
t tbn County Courthouse, and
- elected the following county
committee officers: Dr. Pratt;
' Mrs. Houghton, vice chairwo
! man; Mr. Morrow, first vice
• chairman; Mrs. Sawyer, secre
tary; and A. W. Pratt, treasur-
I er.
> While the committees of the
' county group were organizing
> and bringing their reports, a
skit poking fun at “LBJ and'
• Lady Bird” was presented by
1 A. W. Pratt as LBJ, Mrs. Earl
• Kehl as “Lady Bird” and Dr.
3 Spears as the commentator.
> The group approved rules,
■ platform planks and resolu
' tions consistent with the pro
gram of the State Republican
' Committee.
The Houston Hone Journal
PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY, GA. 31069, THURSDAY, MARCH 24, 1966
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MARSHA GAIL MCKENZIE
9 Beauties Seek
Miss Perry Title
Meet the final three entrants
in the annual Miss Perry Pa
geant. The show will take place
this Saturday night at the Jun
ior High School Auditorium,
beginning at 8:00 o’clock. The
show is sponsored annually by
the Perry Jaycees.
One of the beauties is Mar
sha Gail McKenzie, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Clifford McKen
zie of Perry. She is a graduate
of Perry High School and now
attends Georgia Southern Col
lege in Statesboro.
Miss McKenzie is a talented
pianist and has taken piano les
sons for seven years. Her other
interests and hobbies include
reading, sewing and drawing.
She is a member of the educa
tion sorority, Student Georgia
Education Association and Dra
matics Club, at Georgia South
ern. She also represented her
dormitory in the Miss Starlight
Ball Contest.
Another one of the beauties
is Linda Faye Rickett, daughter
•of Mr. and Mrs. B. M. Rickett
of Fairway Drive, Perry. She is
a senior at Perry High School
and plans to enter Georgia Bap
tist School of Nursing and la
ter anesthesiology school.
She is a talented dramatic
reader and also enjoys golf,
swimming and dancing. She is
an officer of the Alpha Zeta
Tri-Hi-Y, annual staff and of
ficer of Georgia McPhaul YWA.
The final beauty in this year’s
pageant is Shirley B. Clifton,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John
H. Clifton. She is a graduate
of Perry High School,
Miss Clifton is a talented hula
dancer and also enjoys swim
ming and skiing.
These girls are among the
nine local beauties who will
compete for the title of Miss
Perry at the pageant Saturday
night. The show will have the
current Miss Georgia as the
master of ceremonies.
Footballers Set
Game on April 2
The Perry High School foot
ball team will play its annual
intra-squad game at 7:30 p. m.
Saturday, April 2, with the
Touchdown Club sponsoring
the game.
Refreshments will be avail
able at the concession stands
during the game.
Head Coach Herb St. John
said this should be a thriller!
from start to finish as the
Maroons clash with the Golds.
The game will end spring foot
ball practice.
Admission prices will be $1
for adults and 50 cents for
students. Proceeds will go to
the Touchdown Club treasury
for advancement of the football
program.
The Touchdown Club met
Tuesday night and elected Rob
ert Graham as president and
Carl Barrett as secretary-treas
urer.
NOTICE
Tax returns for the City of
Perry must be filed at City Hall
by March 31, 1966. Failure to
make returns will result in ten
per cent penalty. City stickers
may be obtained at City Hall
for SI.OO by March 31, 1966.
After that time, stickers will
cost $2.00 and operators of
vehicles without stickers are
subject to having a case made
against them.
CITY OF PERRY
By Ruth T. Griffin
City Clerk 2tc 3-24
Where's the Fire?
19 March 66—Mr, Berry, 1429
Elizabeth Avenue, House fire.
Heavy damage.
Avenue. Construction of the 5,000 square-foot building is expected
to start in April. Lewis Brothers of Douglas will be the general con
tractor on the job.
Sunshine and Blossoms Chase Winter Away from Perry
These two Perry beauties, Martha Holland, left, and Jan Moody, both seniors at Perry High School couldn't
resist the temptation to smell the flowers as spring, real spring, arrived in Perry this week. This white flowering
peach tree in the garden of Mr. and Mrs. Mayo Davis furnished ample evidence of the arrival of sprina (Home
Journal Photo by Bobby Branch). ” '
City and County Hoping
For Storm Repairing Aid
Perry and Houston County
were represented last Thursday
at a meeting of officials from
15 counties in the Middle Geor
gia area which sustained
enough rainstorm damage three
weeks ago to be designated as
“disaster areas”.
The City of Perry was repre
sented by Mayor Richard Ray
and the County by Commission
Chairman Hugh Beatty and R.
H. Watson Jr., clerk. Attorney
David P. Hulbert represented
both the city and the county.
Other city and county officials
attended.
The local officials said they
were instructed to keep strict
records of all repairs made by
the city and county and make
applications for “emergency”
funds. Federal officials said un
der the law they can assist gov
ernmental subdivisions in mak /;
ing repairs, although the U. S.
will not bear 100 per cent ol
the load.
Both city and county officials
are documenting all repairs
made on roads and bridges
caused by the severe rainstorm.
First, they are to submit to
Atlanta damage estimates both
on public and private property.
These should be in within five -
days.
Damages have to amount to
at least $2 million, or more but
reaching (that figure doesn't
seem to pose any problem. Cit
ies and counties are to submit
maps showing damage points
and state and federal inspection
teams will come in to check
these. i
Homer J. Walker, a Houston
County commissioner from
Warner Robins, said damages
there are expected to run as,
high as $200,000.
He called the floods that hit
many sections and washed out
some main roads, the worst dis
aster to hit Warner Robins
since the 1953 tornado which
killed 18 persons and caused
sls million in damages.
Perry Mayor Ray said dam
ages in his city could run as
high as $30,000.
Primary damages caused by
the flooding came to county
roads and city streets. Public
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Plenty of License Plates Left
Mrs. Harold Green seems to be displaying four car tags at once down at the tag
office in the Courthouse. Actually, the extra arms belong to Mrs. Gene Smith, who /
helps to show that it's time to buy your car tags before the deadline. (Home Journal /
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The Inevitable,
Tags and Taxes
If you haven’t bought your
vehicle license tag and made
your property returns for
taxes, you are just before
making a real goof.
If you don’t do it right
away, you will be in one of
those monstrous lines that
develop along about this
time every year.
April 1 is the deadline for
buying your car and truck li
censes. If you fail to buy
them by that date, you will
be penalized down at the
courthouse. City decals also
must be purchased by March
31.
March 31 is the very last
day that you can make your
tax returns at both the City
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Hall and the Houston Coun
ty Courthouse. Failure to
make your tax returns by
that date will bring you
penalties.
Business already is pick
ing up in these lines down
at the Courthouse and the
City Hall, so if you don’t like
long lines, you’d better take
a trip down right away.
CARD OF THANKS
I would like to express my
sincere appreciation to all my
friends for the many kindnesses
and acts of sympathy extended
ito me during the recent loss of
my husband.
Mrs. Tura Brown Kersey