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Big Moonshine Distillery Found Under Middle Georgia Raceway
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Trap Door Entrance to Still
This entrance to the underground liquor opera
tion was covered by a concrete *lab trap door. The
door was centered in the middle of the floor of the
'dummy' ticket booth. (Exclusive Home Journal
Photo*).
Ticket Booth Used as Front
This ticket booth, located in the north section
ot the raceway, was used as a cover for the trap door
entrance to the still. K
Mr. and Mrs. Lonice Barrel!
and baby daughter, Jenny of
Statesboro spent the weekend
with his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Carl J. Barrett. On Saturday,
Lonice attended a Slate Recrea
tion Youth Council which was
held in Warner Robins.
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Dale Tomlinson left last Fri
day to resume his studies at
Middle Georgia College for the
tall quarter.
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Miss Barbara Barrett of Macon
spent the weekend with her par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Carl J. Bar
rett. She had as her guest. Miss
Patti Carey, also of Macon.
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Linda Mathis and Bob Hooks of
Statesboro were guests of the
Carl J, Barrett family last Sat
urday. They both were official
delegates to the Stale Recreation
Youth Council in Warner Robins
on Saturday afternoon.
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Mr. and Mrs. Charles Blizzard
and family of Macon, spent Sat
urday with her sister, Mrs. Carl
J. Barrett and family.
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Mr. and Mrs. Dick Rosenthal
traveled to Mobile the weekend
of September 14 to spend their
23rd anniversary with their son,
Richard.
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Mrs. Auson Jones and Mrs.
Alma Brown of Tallahassee.
Fla., were guests of Mr. and
Mrs. J. N. Buff over the week
end.
Smo key Says:
» Most fife* MW atill man-caused!
Oak trees grow slowly.
DINNER HONORS
OES OFFICIALS
A dinner honoring the i
Worthy Grand Matron, OES i
of Georgia, was held at the i
New Perry Hotel Tuesday ev
ening prior to the official
visit of the Worthy Grand ,
Matron.
Mr. and Mrs. Bill White,
Mrs. Wynelle Stanton and
Joe Billingslea, Worthy Ma- ,
Iron and Worthy Patrons of ]
Houston Chapter 383. Perry, ,
and Central City Chapter 28,
Macon, were hosts lor this
occasion.
Those present were Mrs.
Helen Miller, Worthy Grand
Matron, OES, State of Geor
gia, Tom Jones, Mrs. Helen
Gregory, District Grand De
puties 21, Mrs. Tom Jones,
Airs. Joe Billingslea and C.
H. Stanton of Macon.
Art and Fashions
Stressed by Club
The Wednesday Afternoon
Book Club met September 20
at the New Perry Hotel with
Mrs. L. H. Tucker hostess.
Mrs. E. P, Staples, the new
president, presided over the
business session. Reports were
made by the chairmen of the
Book and Program commit
tees. Attractive year books
were distributed, Mrs. Mal
colm Dean was welcomed as
a new member.
The program featured books
about art and fashion. Mrs.
W. E. Marshall gave a most
interesting review of
Artists of America by Lillian
Freedgood. An entertaining
and enlightening review of
Wheels of Fashion by Phyllis
Lee Levin was given by Mrs.
W. T. Middlebrooks.
Dainty refreshments were
served at the conclusion of
the meeting.
Checkins
oumt#lywood, when exposed
to moirfure, will experience an
unusual surface alteration called
"checking." These cracks should
be filled with plastic wood or a
I quality grade filler colored to
match. After cracks are filled,
they should be sanded smooth,
and covered with at least two
coats of varnish.
One of the most elaborate and!
cleverly operated moonshine stills
was discovered beneath the Mid
dle Georgia Raceway in Peach
County last weekend.
'Hie president of the big NAS
CAR sanctioned raceway, Lamar
Brown Jr., was arrested Satur
day night. A hearing was held
Monday morning at the Peach
County courthouse and Brown
was released under SI,OOO bail.
The operation took place in a
carved out area beneath the
raceway that measured about
100 feet in length and 6 feet wide.
It was some 20 feet below the
ground.
Special Federal Agent Brack
Poe of Macon said it was one of
the most cleverly built and oper
ated stills he had ever seen. He
said the still was capable of pro
ducing about 80 gallons of illicit
whisky per day.
A Houston County Deputy, who
was on the scene Saturday night
to assist in the investigation, said
an operation like this could make
as much as $5,000 per week.
Dummy Ticket Booth
The entrance to the under
ground chamber was covered by
a trap door, located inside a
"dummy” ticket booth on the
racetrack grounds. From the trap
door, a dirt passageway led
straight down about 20 feet to
the dirt floor of the chamber.
A hunter in the area Saturday
afternoon smelled an odor he re
cognized as mash and he imme-
4-H: A World of Opportunity
September 30-October 7 is Na
tional 4-H Club Week, and Hous
ton County’s 4-H’ers are joining
with the 150,986 Georgia 4-H’ers
and the approximately two and
three-quarter million 4-H mem
bers throughout the rest of the
nation in telling friends and sup
porters and anyone else who will
read or listen about the oppor
tunities in 4-H Club work.
We would like to lake this op
portunity to help these outstand
ing boys and girls tell their sto
ry. We think what they have to
say is important to them and to
the rest of us. Their story is im
portant now and for the future.
“Join 4-H: A World of Oppor
tunity” is the theme for this
year's National 4-H Week obser
vance, and these young people
are finding hundreds of oppor
tunities to express themselves in
4-H project work. They are busy
investing their time and energy
in constructive endeavors that
build better farms, homes, com
munities—and most of all better
citizens and leaders.
Four-H Club members “learn
by doing” how to raise an ani
mal, plant a flower, make a
dress, cook a meal, take a pic
ture. fix a car, help a friend,
control weeds, beautify our coun
try, manage money and build for
tomorrow.
$lO Million Projects
Last year Georgia 4-H’ers were
enrolled in 493.968 educational
learn-by-doing projects, and these
projects were valued at more
than $lO million. A project is not
a mere sideline or pastime for
many Gub members. It is an
actual economic enterprise
through which they make money
for college expenses and other
opportunities which become
available to them.
Four-H projects are not hit or
miss propositions. These young
people seek advice from their
county agents and county Exten
sion home economists. They ap
ply the latest research informa
tion and up-to-date technology to
their work. And they keep accu
rate and detailed records on
these projects.
These 4-H’ers are eager to
learn new and better ways, and
they are equally eager to share
this information with fellow club
members through educational
demonstrations.
Competitive Spirit
One reason for the records and
demonstrations is the competi
tive spirit in 4-H. These young
people really put democracy into
action. Most members hope to
one day earn a state 4-H project
championship and the right to
represent Georgia at the Nation
al 4-H Club Congress in Chicago.
They also compete for expense
paid educational trips to various
cities, states and other countries.
Os course .the number of 4-H’-
ers who fail to reach the top
goals is much greater than those
who do achieve them. This year,
for instance, approximately 6,000
county 4-H champions went to
the Rock Eagle 4-H Center to try
for district honors. Os this group,
only about 250 wound up in At
lanta to vie for state honors at
4-H Congress. Thirty-eight of the
250 were named state winners
and only 31 of these were assur
ed of trips to Chicago.
These young people learn early
that you can’t win every time,
and they leam that the only
way to win is to keep trying
Following their 4-H motto, they
strive to “make the best better” i
and try harder next time. In- i
Idiately notified Houston County
Sheriff Albert Hudson (he
thought he was hunting in Hous
ton County). The Houston sheriff
notified Sheriff Mullis of Peach
County and he in turn notified
federal agents in Macon.
Officers discovered an escape
route leading from the under
ground chamber to a drainage
ditch late Saturday afternoon.
This led to the discvoery of the
main part of the underground
operation.
The Race Goes On
The federal officers had the au
thority to dynamite the still Sat
urday night but because of a
charity race to be run the next
day, they decided to let it stand
over the weekend.
Peach County Sheriff and Fed
eral officers called in acetylene
torch specialists Monday to cut
up the tanks and equipment
found in the still. It was decided
not to dynamite the underground
complex because of destroying a
portion of the racetrack.
Taking part in the search and
investigation were Federal
Agents Brack Poe and George
Farmer; Peach County Sheriff
Reg Mullis and Deputies Terry
Joiner and L. H, Fowler; Houston
County Sheriff Albert Hudson and
Deputies Hubert Evans and Jim
West: and several deputies from
Bibb County.
The Middle Georgia Raceway
was opened last May at a cost of
$500,000.
evitably, they will gain more
know-how and skill; more oppor
tunities for learning for living
if you will.
Supervised Locally
Four-H is the educational youth
program of the Cooperative Ex
tension Service, University of
Georgia College of Agriculture.
It is supervised locally by Em
met V. Whelchel Jr., Houston
County agent, and Mrs. Helen B.
Sasser, County Extension Home
Economist, with the help of
many adult volunteer leaders
Approximately 14,000 adult vol
unteer leaders were at work in
Georgia last year. In addition to
state money, the 4-H program is
financed in part by federal funds
-thrugh the U. S. Department
of Agriculture - and by the
counties.
In addition, 4-H has literally
scores of sponsors and donors—
primarily business and civic
Jeaders-who pour literally thou
sands of dollars into the 4-H pro
gram each year. Almost $30,000
in educational scholarships alone
were awarded to deserving Geor
gia 4-H Club members last year.
These donors and sponsors be
lieve they are investing in above
average teenagers who invest
their time and energy in creative
and constructive work.
We feel that it is a special op
portunity for us to invest a con
siderable amount of space in our
paper this week in ‘‘4-H; a
World of Opportunity.”
Four-H Club members here in
Houston County are setting a
good example of what young peo
ple can do if they really want to.
And we hope many other boys
and girls between the ages of
nine and 19 will follow this exam
ple.
Robins Employees
Get Recognition
Top performance awards have
been presented to 11 civilian per
sonnel at Robins AFB. for out
standing job performance, i
Receiving the outstanding per
formance rating was Karl Me- i
Pherson, Macon,
Outstanding Performance Rat
ings and quality salary increases
were presented to Tensie C.
Holston, Macon, and Betty B
Richersan, Perry. A quality sal
ary increase was presented to ,
Janice W. Johnson. Periy. (
Sustained Superior Perform- ]
ance awards were presented to
George R. Cobb, Olin D. Sims, i
Herman L. Williams, and Oath- (
ryn D. Wynn, Macon: Beverly
W. Hardy, Perry; Herbert C
Holton, Dublin; Dorothy J ■
Stephens, Warner Robins, and -
Leonard S. Stokes Jr„ Lizella, ,
Mountains, Yet j
The Black Hills of South Da- j
kota are not hills but mountains t
the highest east of their parent
range, the Rockies.
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Steel Windows
Steel windows should be
coated with one of the metal
f> rimer* especially formulated
or the purpose, before they are
Klnted. Rust can be removed
lore priming with steel wool
and perhaps a mixture of
tri-sodium phosphate and water.
The salamander must keep its .
skin moist and therefore lives I
in swampy areas.
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Officers Check 2,000 Gal . Tank
Peach County Sheriff Reg Mullis and Deputy
Terry Joiner look over big 2,000 gallon tank used to
cook the mash. The tank was complete with bricked
op furnace and gas operated.
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T/i/s Gave It All Away
This drainage pipe which ran from the under
ground still into a large ditch, is what actually gave
the slick operation away. A hunter in the area smelled
moonshine odors and when officers arrived they traced
the odors to this pipe.
City Rejects
Realty Claim
For Damages
A claim of Community
Realty Inc. that the city had
damaged its property by
building a road to the city’s
new sewerage treatment
plant was turned down flatly
by unanimous vote of city
council last Thursday night.
Community Realty, Inc.,
whose president is Dewey
Whiddon, demanded that the
city pay the company $20,000
for damages to its property.
The realty company claimed
that the road has reduced the
value of lots along the roal
by at least $20,000. It also de
manded that the city discon
tinue to use the road within
30 days.
Mayor Ray said Community
Realty, Inc. was paid about
$17,500 for the property on
which the sewerage treat
ment plant is built and that
representatives of the com
pany had verbally agreed to
allow the city to build the
road.
The road is an extension of
Satterfield Road.
The attorneys for Commun
ity Realty Inc., Nunn, Geiger
and Hunt, had no comment
this week on the city’s re
jection of the claim.
City council instructed City
Attorney David P. Hulbert to
draft an ordinance to prohibit
plantings of shrubs and trees
in Woodlawn cemetery and to
l|mit the size of grave mark
ers.
Bids are being sought for
a new police car and council
voted to buy a new pickup
truck from McLendon Auto
Co., low bidder.
A council committee com
posed of Emmette Cater and
Dan Britton was given the
assignment to study bids for
a four-inch well at Myrtle
Field Airport
Here Oct 11,
PHS Hit Parade
1. “Never My Love”—S. T. and
D. W., Dot and Don, Steve and
Shirley.
2. “The Letter” Patsy and
Donnie, Pat and Barbara, Lea
and Bob.
3. "Come Back When You
Grow Up Girl” Thomas and
Sharon.
4. “The Blues theme from The
Wild Angels”—Carlton and Daun.
5. “To Love Somebody”—Rod
ney.
6. “Barefootin’ ’’—The Toe
7. “I Can’t Take My Eyes Off
You”—from the witch to A. W.
8. “Getting Together” - Phil
and Jana, Debby and Bucky.
9. “Let It All Hang Out” -
Add and Janat.
Russian summers are short.
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WE ARE HAPPY TO ANNOUNCE
MRS. HAZEL MITCHELL
REJOINS OUR FIRM AFTER A LEAVE OF ABSENCE
Other Members of Our Expanded Sales Staff Are
Lewis Bledsoe Mrs. Shaffer Day
We Invite You to See Us for Listings , Selling
or Any Real Estate Need,
HOMES FARMS SMALL ACREAGES COMMERCIAL
"SELLING IS OUR BUSINESS"
MM&B REALTORS
The Houston Home Journal, Perry, Ga„ Thursday, Sept. 28, 1967
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Complex of Wires and Pipes
Visible here is one of the large cooking tanks in
the rear of the cave and several water lines and
complexes of electrical wiring. An electric pump
can be see at the bottom of the tank.
Officers Inspect Fermentation Tanks
Peach County Sheriff Reg Mullis and Deputy
Terry Joiner look over one of the large fermentation
boxes used in the operation.
Tournament Held At Houston Lake
The Ladies Day 9-hole tour
ney held at Houston Lake
Country Club Tuesday, Sep
tember 26 was a four-ball
blind-partner tournament.
Partners who tied for first
place were Mrs. Alex Owens
and Mrs. Robert I. Davis and
Mrs. Mell Tolleson and Mrs.
Dave Hulbert. In second place
was Mrs. John Dunning and
Mrs. Ed Beckham 111.
The Ladies Golf Associa
tion will hold their monthly
luncheon meeting at 1 p. m.
Tuesday, Oct. 3, at which
time election of new officers
will take place.
The melody to which the words
of the Star Spangled Banner were
put is an old English tune writ
ten by John Stafford Smith en
titled “To Anacreon in Heaven.”