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Players Plan Strategy for Saturday's Game
These Panther linemen are huddled in opposing groups, each planning how to beat
the other in Saturday night's game. Shown from left to right: Marion Cloud, Eugene
Graham, Ronny Green, Mike Sego, Billy King, Gene Athon and Frans Meens. (second
group) George McGinty, Giles Hostz, Steve Brown, Larry Ellison, Stanley Odom, Jerry
Jones and Lynwood Barrett. (Home Journal Photo).
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Panthers Set for Saturday Night's Game
These Perry Panthers seem to be ready for the annual intra-squad clash Saturday
night. Shown from left to right: Larry Horsting, Otis Stocks, Lee St. John, Ed Harley
(standing), Ronny Hammock, Robert Thornton and Douglas Lee. The game will get
under-way at 7:30 p. m. at the Perry High Athletic Field. (Home Journal Photo).
Panthers End Spring Work
With Game Saturday Night
The Perry Touchdown Club
will’ sponsor the annual game
of Maroons vs. Golds of the
Perry High School football
Panthers at 7;30 p. m. Saturday,
April 2.
The game, which will close
out spring practice, will pit two
evenlv matched teams against
each other in a regulation bat
tle, with referees—plus refresh
ments at the concession stand.
Admission prices will be $1
for adults and 50 cents for stu
dents. The Touchdown Club
will use the proceeds for ad
vancement of the football pro
gram.
The lineups for the two gold
teams follow:
Maroon p os . Go l d
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L- Ellison It Meens
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Gallemore Home Moved
Departing f or New Spot on Perimeter Rd.
Moody qb Harley
B’flower ih St. John
Harris rh Hoisting
Thornton fb Golden
Other Maroons are Goodroe,
Chapman, Kersey and Mathis,
ends; Youngblood, Warren, Mc-
Clung, Daniel and Conley, tack
les; Smith, Akin and Kelly,
guards; Pierce, Lee and Stocks,
backs.
Other Golds are Lamb, Nor
ris, Coffman and Greer, ends;
Rothe, Johnson and Gray, Tack
les; Berry, Dawson and Griffin,
guards; J. Ellison, Hammock
and Roberts, backs.
Mrs. Dozier Daniel and Mr,
and Mrs. D. C. Smith spent
Sunday with Mrs. Smith’s par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. M. B. Har
din of Pinehurst.
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Mr. and Mrs. Bill Wilkinson
of Louisville, Ky. spent the
wekend with his aunt, Mrs. No
rine Jones and Miss Virginia
Jones.
Bloodmobile Will Be in Perm Next Tuesday
Progress Edition in This Week's Issue
The Houston Home Journal
perry, Houston county, ga., sioee, Thursday, march 31, me
Last Rites Today
For (. (. Glover
Charles Crisp Glover, 59, of
Cordele, died Tuesday morning
after several months illness.
Mr. Glover was a native of
Americus and moved to Cordele
one and one half years ago
from Perry, where he had
made his home for 12 years.
He was a member of the First
Baptist Church in Americus
and educated at the University
of Georgia. He was a repre
sentative for Investors Diversi
fied Services and was formerly
associated with Glover’s Gro
cery Co. in Americus.
Survivors include his wife,
Cordelia Hooks Glover; one son,
Charles Crisp Glover Jr.; two
daughters. Mrs. Charles N. Cari
cofe of Albany and Betsy Glo
ver, Cordele; two sisters, Mrs.
B. F. Easterlin, Americus and
Mrs. W. A, Dodson, Athens;
three grandchildren.
Graveside services will be
held at II o’clock Thursday
morning at Oak Grove ceme
tery with Rev. John B. Gibson,
pastor of the First Baptist
Church in Cordele and Dr.
Maurice J. Trimmer, pastor of
Highland Hills Baptist Church
in Macon, officiating.
The body will lie in state at
Reese Park Chapel from 9 a, m.
to the time of the service.
Pallbearers will be Hugh
Vickers. Bobby Hocks Sr., G.
W. Harris, Henry Lumpkin,
Ferdinald Cchen, Dr. A, G.
Hendrick, T. B. Hooks Jr,, Viv
ian Hyman, Maurice Grimes, W r .
L. Nix, Gardner Watson, Char
lie King and Dr. B. W. Forres
ter.
Gardner Watson Funeral
Home of Perry is in charge of
arrangements.
Parkinsons Will Direct
Crusade of Cancer Unit
Mr. and Mrs. Don Parkinson
have been appointed as chair
men of the Education - Fund
Crusade for the Perry Unit of
the American Cancer Society.
The crusade will stait April
18, with a kick-off breakfast for
all workers at the New Perry
Hotel, it was announced this
week following a meeting of
the local unit, which is headed
by Allen Pritchett Jr.
Dr. J. R. Arnall is the train
ing assistant to Mr. Pritchett,
Lewis Bledsoe will be in charge
of the business district, Hugh
Lawson will handle “special
contacts” and Perry Edge will
be the treasurer. Mrs. Jackie
Marshall will be in charge of
the residential crusade.
The crusade will serve to dis
tribute literature about cancer
and to suggest a check and a
check-up.
Mrs. Lawton Miller of Macon
appeared at the meeting to give
any assistance to the Perry
unit, which was formally organ
ized recently.
It takes go-go money to be a
go-go nation.
A Sad Story
If you have a story sadder than this, we will (
stand still while you tell it.
With photographic possibilities unlimited, with >
all the beauty available at a “Miss Perry” Pageant, 1
The Home Journal’s camera blew up last Saturday
night. Net result, one picture out of 30 photos shot.
Os course, we would like to shoot the photos
again but they don’t repeat this show. Sorry.
Gail McKenzie Named
'Miss Perry of 1966’
The Miss Perry Pageant was
held Saturday night, with a ca
pacity crowd filling the junior
• high auditorium. A spokesman
for the Perry Jaycees said that
it was the biggest and most
successful pageant ever held
here.
Gail McKenzie was crowned
“Miss Perry” by last year’s win
ner, Brenda Roper. The compe
tition was close all through the
pageant and it took the judges
considerable time to finally de
termine a winner.
Donna Bryant was named
first runner-up, Toni Paul was
second and Faye Rickett was
third runner-up. Shirley Clifton
was voted “Miss Congeniality”
by the other contestants in the
pageant.
Mary Jane Yates, Miss Geor
gia, and Vernon Arnold, WPGA
program director, were the mis
tress and master of ceremonies.
All of the winners won a
score of prizes donated by the
Perry merchants.
Miss McKenzie has earned
the right to participate in the
upcoming Miss Georgia Pa
geant, to be held in Columbus
this summer.
BIRTHS ||
Mr. and Mrs. Bobby Mayo an
nounce the birth of a son, Law
rence Stanley Mayo, on March
25 at the Peach County Hospi
tal.
Mr. and Mrs. W. G. MeCuan
announce the birth of a son,
Jessie Gerald, born March 26 at
Taylor Memorial Hospital in
Hawkinsville.
July Fourth comes on Mon
day this year.
j Jones Will Install
Mobile Homes Park
Dudley J. Jones has purchas
ed land on the Perimeter Road,
between U. S. 341 and U. S.
41, for establishing a mobile
homes park.
The land is just east of U. S.
341 and will contain spaces
for 42 mobile homes.
Mr. Jones will install streets,
water and sewerage lines and
build a 600-square-foot office
on the property.
Milton Beckham will be the
contractor for the mobile homes
park development. Construc
tion is expected to start soon.
Visiting Mrs. H. T, Gilbert
last Sunday were Mr. and Mrs.
L, H. Gilbert and Miss Maria
Gilbert and Mr. and Mrs. Ches
ter Ireland of Cordele, Mrs. T.
L. Bailey of Cochran and Mrs.
Louise Almon of Fort Valley.
Mrs. A. M. Anderson and Mrs.
Fred Hasty and son of Macon
visited Mrs. H. T. Gilbert Tues
day.
gail McKenzie
Miss Perry of 1966
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Flint Electric to Erect $75,000 Building Here
Moody Mulkey left, who will be local manager for Flint Electric Membership
Corp„ and Allen Whipple, Perry realtor who handled the transaction, stand on ground
where Flint Electric will build a $75,000 office on U. S. 41 North, just beyond the Peri
meter Road on the west side of U. S. 41. (Home Journal Photi).
Flint EMC Will Erect
$75,000 Building Here
Flint Electric Membership
Corporation has purchased four
acres of land on U. S. 41 North
and will construct an office
building costing about $75,000
to serve its members in the
Perry trade area.
The land was purchased
from Jack A. Marshall and the
transaction was handled by Al
len P. Whipple, Perry realtor.
Moody Mulkey, who has been
a Perry resident for several
months, will be manager of the
local office. About 10 persons
will be employed here.
The building will be located
on the west side of U. S. 41 just
north of the Perimeter Road.
Plans are to include a civic
room large enough to accomo
date 80 persons and will be
available for public meetings.
Flint Electric was organized
in 1936 under the Rural Elec
trification Act. Its headquar
ters are in Reynolds, where
about 90 persons are employed.
The local office will serve
about 4,000 Houston county
members in this area. The War
ner Robins office serves about
10,000 members in that area.
Local directors of Flint Elec
tric are Richard Talton and Ar
thur White Jr., with other di
rectors from other counties and
cities in the Middle Georgia
area it serves. Other counties
it serves includes Peach, Craw
ford, Macon, Taylor, Muscogee,
Marion, Schley and Talbot
counties.
Mr. and Mrs. David Gray and
daughter, Deborah, of Grove
City, Penn, are visiting his par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Glea Gray.
Extension Offices
In New Location
The Houston County Exten
sion Office employees wish to
announce that they are now in
their new location.
The Extension Office, former
ly located in the basement of
the Houston County Court
house, is now housed in the
building formerly occupied by
the Georgia State Patrol on
Carroll Street.
Those having offices in this
new location are George L. All
mond Jr,, county agent; Mrs.
Betty F. Phillips, secretary;
Mrs. Helen B. Sasser, county
extension home economist, and
Mrs. Ida L. Lasseter, assistant
county extension home econo
mist.
The same services which were
available at the old location are
now being rendered at the new.
Come by and visit with us.
We'll be glad to see you.
Gray-Walker Tractor Co. Moves
To New Spot; Chevrolet Expands
Gray-Walker Tractor Co., Al
lis-Chalmers dealer in Perry
has moved to its new location
on Jernigan Street, in the build
ing formerly occupied by Prit
chett Supply Co.
The farm equipment busi
ness, which is owned by Cohen
Walker, also has purchased the
Risher property on Ball Street,
giving the business a lot that
reaches from Jernigan Street to
Ball Street. The business al
ready owned a lot across Jerni
gan Street between Gilbert
Electric Co, and Thompson
Warehouse.
In addition to remodeling the
main building, Mr. Walker is
erecting a brick building on
the northwest side for painting
and cleaning operations.
The old Gray-Walker build
ing on Main Street will be oc
cupied by Union Motor Co.,
Chevrolet dealership here,
which will expand its opera
tions.
Negro Policeman
Employed by City
John Moody, former Negro
county agent of Houston coun
ty, has been employed as an
officer on the Perry Police De
partment.
Moody, a college graduate, is
employed by the Houston Coun
ty Board of Education in the
maintenance department. He
will report to duty on the Per
ry Police Department in the
next few days.
Extension Offices Move
Agents Now in Former Patrol Station
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Newcomers to City
Newcomers to the Ctiy of
Prry, as reported recently re
ported to the Chamber of
Commerce, include:
Mr. and Mrs. H. S. Chas
tain Jr., 614 Cooper St.
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Francis,
407 Stanley St.
Mr. and Mrs. James R.
Mills, 824 Glenwood Ave.
Mr. and Mrs. Milton 0.
Helm, 1202 Fairway Dr.
Mr. and Mrs. Arlie Wil
liams, 620 Lawson Dr.
Mrs. Myrtis Moss, 801 Ball
St.
Welcome, Newcomers, to
the Perry community!
Another new Chamber of
Commerce member is Horne’s
Restaurant and Gift Shop, H.
B. Hinds, manager another
businss establishment helping
to make Perry a better place
in which to live and make a
living. Welcome!
Deadline Today
For Postal Jobs
An examination for substi
tute clerk-carrier postal posi
tions in Georgia is open but the
deadline is today, March 31,
Perry Postmaster J. L. Hunt
announced.
Details are available at the
post office here. The applica
tion for the examination must
be postmarked March 31, 1966.