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The i 967 Pet nther Cheerleaders
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I Front row left to right, Lynn Daniel, Karen Wright
I Lee Warren. Back row left to right, Linda Smith'
Aiaerkus High Here Friday Night,
Cook Spoils Panther Record, 20-0
The Hornets of Cook County
High School pulverized Perry
High School’s vaunted defense at
Adel Friday night, winning im
pressively, 20-0.
Roll up your sleeve
to save
a life...
Bloodmobile Here
Wed., Oct. 11
Red Cross Bloodmobile
will be in Perry on Wednesday.
Oct. 11. ll will be stationed at
the County Agriculture Building
between the hours of 10:30 a. m.
and 3:30 p. m.
■Jim Bogue, chairman of the
Bloodmobile visit, said Perry
must reach the blood quota on
this trip to maintain blanket
blood coverage.
The bloodmobile visit is being
sponsored by the Perry Jaycees
and Jaycettes.
This blood is not just for the
Bed Cross but for the people of
Houston County and for the
soldiers overseas. The Perry
Quota is 125 pints.
H anyone does not have trans
portation to the Bloodmobile, call
the Jayeee Headquarters Building
at 987-211)0 and a Jayeee will be
S'ad to furnish a ride.
INGRAM INJURED
IN WRECK HERE
M. Ingram Jr., 46,
owner and operator of the
I ri l>o Burial Vault Service
3r ei ’ e ' was injured seriously
■i’lrsday night when his
ar and a parked trailer were
1 ' s ion at Washington
street and U. S, 341.
-Mr Ingram is a patient in
o .Macon Hospital, where he
as transferred following an
lamination at the Peach
U T u ,nty Hospital.
le accident occurred at
P. m, Thursday. Mr. In
( t , m ' Vas drivin g his 1966
M r sedan. The trailer
can ° ' en Charles Dun-,
P er ’ , , Jnd ianapolis, Ind.,
of m ,)ollce sa id. A charge
, ;al parkin ß was dis-
SatSL m Recorder ’ s Court
i e^ r !, ‘Sram suffered injur
ies chest, head and
ter l d was Placed in the in
care section.
atdJ 5Rea ching
REYNOLDS
sen!! , r lly Ke V > s conducting a
Revnr !! vival devices at the
week n! MeLh ° J:st Church this
'eluding Friday night.
The Houston Home Journal
PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY, GA. 31069. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 5. 1967
Cook County, now with a 5-0
record, look the kickoff and ram
med the ball down the throats
of the Panthers until they went
over for a touchdown nine min
’ ules into the first quarter.
Perry received the ensuing
kickoff but fumbled on the third
play and Cook County recovered.
Just before the end of the first
quarter, Quarterback Donnie
Vance threw another touchdown
pass and Perry was behind, 14
to 0,
The Panthers were flat for this
game and Cook County was
“ready”. Perry couldn’t get go
ing on the ground or in the air.
Quarterback Ed Harley, who had
completed numerous passes to
End Lynward Barrett during the
first four games, couldn't gel any
pass protection and when he
wasn't slammed to the ground,
saw his passes go into the hands
of the defending Hornets.
Perry got as close as the 10-
yard line on one occasion in the
last half, but lost the ball on a
fumble. Harley connected on two
passes to End Mike Seago in the
only serious Perry threat.
The Panthers staged one good
goal-line defense in the final
quarter, when they stopped the
Hornets on the Perry 15-yard
line, but the Panthers lost the
ball again on a fumble.
Cook County added another
touchdown in the last quarter
with a pass play for the final 10
yards.
The battered Panthers of Per
ry will be hosts to the strong
Panthers of Americus High
School in Perry Friday night.
Americus comes into the game
wuh five straight victories.
City Asked for $5,000 to Re-Light
Perry High School Athletic Field
Members of the Perry Pan
thers Booster Club Tuesday
night asked the City of Perry to
spend about $5,000 to improve
the lighting at the Perry High
School athletic field.
City councilmen indicated they
may go along with the program
and put it in next year’s bud
get. A meeting of members of
the club and city council was
in progress Wednesday night.
Robert Graham, president of
the dub, said the present lights
at the field are 20 years old and
are not in keeping with other
schools in Class A schools.
He said the Boosters had been
before the Houston County Board
of Education and had been turn
ed down on the full scale im
provement of the lighting system.
He said the board had replaced
two unsafe light poles and done
minor improvements at the field
Aileen Gutzke, Linda Rogers, Linda Davis, Karen Ne-
Smith, Jane Van Fossen, Mitzie Mills. (HJ Photo).
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lee St. John Rambles
St. John picks up yards on one of the few gains in
the Panthers' defeat at the hands of Cook County
last Friday night (Photo by Byron Etheridge).
Region All Games
Team w. 1. t. pet. w. 1. t. pet.
Cook Co. 3 0 0 1.000 4 0 0 1.000
Fitzgerald 2 0 0 1,000 4 0 0 1.000
Americus 2 0 0 1.000 4 0 0 1.000
Perry 2 1 0 .667 4 1 0 .800
Brooks Co. 1 2 0 .333 1 3 0 .250
Jeff Davis 1 2 0 .333 1 3 0 .250
Worth Co. 1 2 0 .333 1 4 0 .200
Cen-T’ville 0 2 0 .000 1 3 0 .250
Bacon Co. 0 3 0 .000 0 4 0 .000
but turned down the request for
the relighting project. The high
school athletic Held is on proper
ty of the board of education.
City Gave Land to County
Some councilmen told the Boos
ters that the city had given the
board of education two pieces of
property valued at about SIB,OOO
in the last four years and it
seemed that the school board
ought to spend part of its $6 mil
lion budget on the athletic field.
Mayor Ray asked the delega
tion of citizens if they were ask
ing the city to get into the recre
ation business. The Boosters said
they were interested only in get
ting the field properly lighted.
Mayor Ray said the city has
budgeted all the money to be re
ceived in 1967 and it will be up
to city council whether they want
to put the $5,000 into the budget
for 1968.
Tax Complaint Made
Riley Young complained that
he had to pay a 10 per cent pen
alty lor failing to return his tax
es by March 31 this year while
Holiday Inn was excused from a
penalty because it claimed it had
not been properly notified of the
deadline date. Mayo Ray explain
ed special circumstances in the
Holiday Inn case and Mr. Young
said he couldn’t “swallow” all
of the mayor’s explanation, The
penalty against Mr. Young was
not changed.
George B. Wells Jr. and Billy
Wells filed a petition for a pack
age beer permit at their service
station at 1033 Macon Street. The
application was referred to the
Police Department.
City council voted to buy a
tractor and trencher from Chap
man Tractor Co. at a cost of
$7,000.
Commissioners Reject
County Officers’Budgets
NEWCOMERS
Newcomers to the City of
Perry in recent days, as re
ported to the Chamber of
Commerce, include:
Mr. and Mrs. Ellis L.
Barthlett, 1317 Davis Ave.
Mr. and Mrs. John M.
Morath, 614 Marsha Dr.
Mr. and Mrs. Don Me-
Glohon, 1208 Third St.
Mr. and Mrs. Johnnie C.
Morrison, 623 Hillcrest Ave.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles W.
Craigmiles, Apt. 2, 1118
Ball St.
Col. and Mrs. L. J. Miller,
823 Glenwood Ave.
Loyally Day Set
By First Baptist
Here October 15
Members of the First Baptist
Church will emphasize loyally to
Christ through attendance and
giving to the building fund when
ihey observe the annual Loyalty
Day Oct. 15.
All classes in the Sunday school
will seek to have record attend
ance on the special Sunday. Wor
ship services will be held at the
regular hours-8:45 a. m. and 11
a. m.
All members will be urged to
bring a picnic dinner which will
be spread in the Educational
Building assembly hall immedi
ately following the 11 a. m. serv
ice.
No goal in dollars and cents
but all members are urged to
give liberally as they can to in
crease Ihe building fund.
Those attending the morning
worship services are asked to
walk down the aisles and place
their special offerings on an open
Bible at the front of the church.
The $350,000 sanctuary is un
der construction and is expected
to be ready for occupancy in
March.
Coming Events
The circles of the Woman’s
Society of the Perry Metho
dist Church will meet at fol
lows: Monday, Oct. 9, at 3:30
p. m.—Circle 1, Mrs. Harris
Chapman: Circle 2, Mrs. J. E.
Worrall; Circle 3, Mrs. Lee
Paul Sr.; Monday, Oct. 9, at
7:30 p. m,—Circle 4, Fellow
ship Hall; Wednesday, Oct.
10, at 10 a. in. Circle 5,
Fellowship Hall.
The Newcomers’ Club of
Perry will hold its monthly
meeting Thursday, October
5, at 7 p. m. in the dining
room of the New Perry Hotel.
This will be a special dinner
meeting for the installation
of officers. Members who
have not already made reser
vations may call Mrs. H. E.
Kirk at 987-3044.
Bus for trip to an Atlanta
store will leave from Tucker
Elementary parking lot, Sat
-■ Ciov. Oct i .. n
The circles of the WMS of the
First Baptist Church will meet
on Monday at 3:45 p. m. as fol
lows: Blossom Gilbert with Mrs,
Frank Holland; Annie Watson
with Mrs, Frank Rozar; Willie
C. Etheridge at the home of Mrs.
Dan Nelson.
CITY TAXES DUE
BY OCTOBER 16
Perry property owners were
reminded this week that city
taxes are due not later than Oct.
15—but since Oct. 15 falls on a
Sunday, no penalties will be levi
ed if taxes are paid on Monday,
Oct. 16.
Motor vehicle owners, of course,
have already paid their taxes on
their trucks and cars due to the
new law that went into effect
this year. Before a license lag
can be issued, all city and coun
ty taxes must be paid. (That’s
at least one tax you have paid).
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Bo Callaway Speaks to Kiwanians Here
Collaway Criticizes
Vietnam 'Restrictions’
The war in Vietnam makes no
sense at all unless restraints on
military action are removed,
Howard H. (Bo) Callaway, for
mer congressman, told Perry
Kiwanians Tuesday.
"Never before has a war been
fought with restraints such as
those imposed on American mili
tary men,” the 1966 candidate for
governor of Georgia said. “There
is not much hope of victory if we
continue the war as it is being
fought now. We are exactly
where we were when we start
ed.”
Mr. Callaway says the first
thing that should be done is to
close the port of Haiphong,
where supplies are being furnish
ed to Viet Cong soldiers in great
quantities from both enemy and
friendly countries.
The excuse the administration
uses for fighting the war under
the present restrictions, Mr. Cal
laway said, is that President
Johnson and Secretary of Slate
Dean Husk say that a more ag
gressive policy would bring Rus
sia into the war in a more active
way.
Mr. Callaway answered ques
tions from the Kiwanians after
he spoke on the Freedoms Foun
dation of Valley Forge, Pa., of
which Mr. Callaway is chairman.
Crews Restore Cemetery Monuments
Sandblasting crews continue their work at the Perry Cemetery, cleaning and
scrubbing the monuments and grave slabs. The work crew will also restore and
fix many of the older grave sites which have become badly damaged during the
years.. The restoration is under the supervision of City Councilman Emmitt Cater
and being financed by private donations. (Home Journal Photo).
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succeeding former President
Eisenhower. He described the
founding of the Freedoms Foun
dation and outlined its programs
which emphasize the American
way of life.
The speaker was introduced by
Steve Pace Jr., Perry attorney,
who was program chairman of
the day.
BUICE TO SPEAK
TO METHODISTS
The Perry Methodist Church
will observe Laymen’s Day Sun
day, Oct. 8, with laymen partici
pating in all phases oi me two
morning services oi the cnurch.
Avon Buice, attorney aiul out
standing civic and religious lead
er, will be the featured speaker
for the occasion. Mr. Buice, act
ive in various programs of the
Perry First Baptist Church, will
be one of the few Baptist lay
men to fill a Methodist puipil on
a laymen’s day program.
Local Methodist laymen partici
pating in the program include
Mis. I). A. Phelps, Stan Booney,
Felix mith, Steve Pace Jr., Fur
man Cliett and Hugh Hill. The
program is being arranged by
Jim Worrall, local church lay
leader.
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SIXTEEN PACES
TWO SECTIONS
ESTABLISHED 1870
Only One Budget
Approved and It
After $5,000 Cut
The Houston County Commis
sioners Tuesday cut the tax com
missioner’s 1968 budget by $5,000
and rejected budget requests of
the sheriff, the clerk of superior
court and the ordinary.
The budget request of the tax
commissioner, Mrs. Joyce B.
Griffin, was $5,000 less than last
year’s, but the commissioners
lopped off another $5,193, approv
ing an even $60,000. The amount
knocked out by the commission
ers was for salary increases and
for temporary help that the tax
office needs in peak periods.
The budgets submitted by Sher
iff Albert Hudson, Court Clerk
Tommie S. Hunt and Ordinary
Clinton K. Watson Jr. were re
turned to them with suggestions
that the budget requests be re
viewed and reductions made.
Sheriff Overstaffed?
The sheriff had asked for $137,-
920 to run his office during 1968,
an increase of about $7,000 over
1967. Some of the commissioners
said that the sheriff’s office is
overstaffed with a total of 20
persons, including the sheriff. It
was indicated that the budget of
the sheriff might be cut to SIOO,-
000.
Commissioners Alton Tucker
and Gene Wall voted to set the
sheriff’s budget at $130,000 but
Commissioners Cullen Talton and
Stewart Bloodworth voted against
it and Chairman Frank Rozar
broke the tie. Tucker, Wall and
Rozar are Democrats, Talton and
Bloodworth are Republicans.
The commissioners sent back
the budget request of Court Clerk
Hunt, who asked for $5,000 more
than this year, mostly for micro
filming court records. His total
budget request was ....$61,960.
The budget request of $21,800
for the ordinary’s office was sent
back for further reductions, al
though the commissioners did not
suggest where the expenses could
be cut.
The commissioners have said
they will have about the same
amount of tax revenue on which
the county can operate in 1968
as in 1967 and that expenditures
must be reduced.
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