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PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY, GA. 31069. THURSDAY, MAY 30, 1968 ESTABLISHED 1870
71 Will Graduate
At Houston High
Graduation exercises will be
held at Houston High School at
8:15 p. m. Friday, May 31. with
Dr c W. Pettigrew, dean of the
graduate division of Fort Valley
State Collge as the principal
l speaker.
Dr. Pettigrew will be introduc
ed by Principal J. R. Hightower.
The High School Chorus will pre
sent two numbers. Diplomas will
be presented to 71 seniors by
Mrs. Thelma Collier.
Members of the graduating
class include:
Adkinson, Shirley Ann
Alexander, Clyde
Alexander, Gladys
Allen, Alberta
Allen, Gwendolyn
Ambler, Lucious
Ambler, Mildred
Askew, Maggie
Bass, Willie 111
Brown, Adeline
Brown, John
Brown, Willie
Clark, Mamie Lou
Clark, Mary Lou
Collier, Thelma
Daniel, Betty Ruth
Daniel, Lucile
Daniel, Mary Katherine
Davis, Eugene
Dawsey, Kelly
Dinkins, James Lewis
Duncan, Barbara Ann
Durham, Christine
, Engram, Burline
Everett, Nathaniel
Ezell, Shirley Ann
Fleming, Zerita Gail
4 More Candidates
Enter Houston Races
Perry Has More
College Graduates
Miss Nelda Kay Johnson,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ri
chard Johnson of Perry, will
receive her bachelor of
science degree at Georgia
College at Milledgeville June
7.
Tenth District Cong. Rob
ert G. Stephens of Athens
will be the speaker at the
exercises, which are schedul
ed for 10:30 a. m. in Russell
Auditorium.
• < harles H. Andrew Jr., son
oi Mr. and Mrs. Charles An
drew Sr., Perry, and Michael
. T Swick, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Hail Schenck, Perry, will re
ceive their bachelor of science
degrees at Auburn University,
June 3.
Admiral Thomas H. Moor
er. chief of naval operations,
will be the speaker.
Exercises will be held at
I P m. on June 3 in Cliff
Hare Stadium,
_
fwo Perryans will receive de
a'ees at Mercer University Sun-
June 2 in exercises held on
dte campus quadrangle.
1 l; ey are Robert Jackson Moore,
bachelor of arts, and Earl Her
in Cheek Jr., master of edu
cation.
Whipple to Head
t Boy Scout Drive
Johnston, vice presi
■ut of the Central Ga. Coun-
II Hoy Scouts of America
and vice president of J. P.
ons Mills, announced that
, !,, n \\ hippie of Perry has
t Deen named Peach Belt Dis
t chairman of the Scout
'S Guardian program.
hippie is a Perry realtor
' ; ln suror and has taken
h f, U ., ln Scouting throughout
■ . J~ e - His Scout activities
ude Lone Scout, organizer
T l oop 86. Perry, Scoutmas
t L Professional Scout Execu
’. e , f e ® ch Belt District, as
at st ant Scoutmaster, member
Councuf 6 ’ Central Gcorßia
The purpose of the Guard-
Sc °uting program is to
v!l r ,. ors from SIOO to SI,OOO
t 0 supplement the nor-
Dsicm anriUal fund rising cam
a ablf t m ° rder to make avail
boy ® ood scouting to every
> Fluellen, Mack
Green, Mary
t Gilbert, Anderson
i Gooden, Willie, Jr.
r Heard, Annie Ruth
[ Heath, Johnny Voy
Holliday, Georgia Mae
Hodges, Hazel
Hudson, David C.
Jackson, Willie James
Johnson, Samuel
Jones, Gregory
Kendrick, Carrie Maude
( Kendrick, Ruby
> Lane, J ohn
Lawson, Cellie Wallace
Lester, Cora Bell
Lowe, Berne 11
Milton, Maxine
Miller, Ralph
Mobley, Shirlene
Murray, Robert Lee
Owens, Elvira
Perry, Alice
Rawls, Trudie
Releford, Ronnie
Rice, Joe
Robinson, Velma
Rumph, Henry
Scott, Thomas
Smith, Betty
Smith, Earl
Stubbs, Harold
Sutton, Rubbie
Thomas, Henry Irvin
Watkins, Arthur
Whitehurst, Howard
Winters, Zachery Sicoskey
Whitfield, Jackie
Williams, Betty
Williams, Dianne
Williams, Dollie
Williams, Virgil
Womack, Timothy
Three Democrats and one Re
publican qualified with their par
ties this week to run for county
offices in the joint primary to be
held Sept. 11.
Herman Coffey of Warner Rob
ins qualified to run in the Dem
ocratic Primary against Sheriff
Albert‘Hudson, who has qualified
for re-election.
Edward Bryant of Warner Rob
ins qualified to run for Post 5
on the beard of county commis
sioners. seeking the place being
vacated by Gene Wall. Lamar
Keene Jr. of Warner Robins had
qualities previously as a Demo
crat.
Albert Pratt of Byron Route 1
qualified with the Republican
committee to run for the same
post on the county commission.
Stale Senator Stanley Smith
qualified to seek re-election to
represent Houston, Peach, Craw
ford and Twiggs counties in the
slate senate.
In other races, Democrat
Frank Rozar has qualified for re
e ection as a county commission
er and is unopposed so far. Al
,an Tucker ol Cenlerville, Demo
crat, has qualified for re-election
and is unopposed so far.
Mrs. Joyce B. Griffin of Perry
i has qualilied for re-election in the
Democratic primary while Mrs.
Sara Holt ot Warner Robins has
qualified as a Republican to chal
lenge Mrs. Griffin for the tax
otfice.
Rep. D, C. Peterson has quali
fied for e-election to the state
legislature and Sam A. Nunn Jr.
has qualified for the second
Houston County seat in the legis
lature, now held by Paul Stal
naxer, who will not run again.
City Councilman D. K. Rough
ton oi Perry has qualified as a
Republican to run for sheriff in
the GOP primary.
U. 5. 41 NORTH
TO BE REPAVED
The State Highway Depart
ment is seeking bids on re
surfacing of 14.4 miles of U. S.
41 from North Avenue in Per
ry to Ga. Route 49 at Eche
connee.
The estimated cost of the
project is $153,663 and should
be completed in 90 days from
the start of work.
Bids will be opened in At
lanta June 14.
PENN-DIXIE ANNOUNCES
QUARTERLY DIVIDEND
New York—The board of direc
tors of Penn-Dixie Cement Cor
poration today declared a second
quarter dividend of 15 cents per
share payable June 14 to Stock
holders of record May 31.
The Houston Home Journal
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Some Got Water Here Without Paying
No More Free Water at Henderson;
County to Put Meter on Standpipe
The money-losing Hender
son water system is furnish
ing free water to unknown
persons, but this drain will
come to an abrupt end in the
next few days.
Hollis Moulton, superinten
dent of the Houston County
Water System, told The Home
Journal this week that he will
install a standpipe and a di
rect meter in the next few
days and no one will get wa
ter free again.
“Much to my sorrow, we
have been pumping more wa
ter than we have been paid
for,” Mr. Moulton said. "The
practice has been for the peo
ple who get the water to go
by Charlie Kersey’s Store at
Henderson and tell him how
much water he used. Then
the man will be billed at the
end of the month for the
amount he used. We couldn't
police the water hydrants
day and night, so the com
missioners authorized the in
stallation of the meter to stop
the loss of water revenue. - ’
"Never Will Pay Out?"
The Home Journal’s source
of information on the water
loss at Henderson asked this
pointed question:
“How do they expect the
Henderson water system to
ever be a paying proposition
Contract Let For Bonaire P. 0.
Postmaster General W. Marvin
Watson announced that a con
tract has been awarded to build
a Post Office at Bonaire, Geor
gia 31005.
The building will be owned by
Henry C. Talton Sr., P. O. Box
55, Bonaire, who will rent it to
the Post Office Department for
five years with renewal options
running through 15 years. It will
be located on State Road No.
247. Preliminary estimates indi
cate that the initial investment
in the project will total approxi
mately $17,382.
This represents the lowest re
sponsive bid of three received by
the Department on a competitive
basis.
The new one-story building will
be air-conditioned and offers
more working room than the
present building. It will have an
interior space of 1500 square
feet, compared with a total of
303 square feet in the present
building.
The new post office is expected
to be completed by approximate
ly November 1, 1968. Space loca
ted in the present budding will
then be abandoned for postal
when big farmers riding in
big, new cars get their water
free while some of our people
on Social Security have to
pay a minimum of $4 a month,
even though they don’t use
the minimum amount? Some
of the people getting water
are not even known in this
community”.
Mr. Moulton said those
who are getting water with
out paying use their own
wrench to turn on the water
at the hydrant. They do not
go to Mr. Kersey’s store to
get the proper wrench and
they do not report how much
water they got, he said. Tf|3y
just take the water and go
about their business.
Countrywide System
in Trouble
The Henderson water sys
tem is a part of the Houston
County Water System which
recently raised rates again in
an effort to stall off the bond
holders who have threatened
to sue the county. Some
parts of the system are pay
ing off and others are not.
Under the old rates, it was
obvious that the receipts
would not pay off the in
debtedness and interest to
the bondholders.
Mr. Moulton said farmers
use from 50 to 1,000 gallons
purposes.
Postmaster General Watson ex
plained that the additional space
and equipment will mean great
er efficiency in line with Presi
dent Johnson’s directive to pro
vide the best possible postal ser
vice at the least possible cost.
Because the building will be
privately owned, the land will
stay on local tax rolls. The Post
Office Department’s capital in
vestment is limited primarily to
postal equipment.
Mr. Watson said: ‘‘The nation
is experiencing a dramatic ex
pansion in mail volume nd serv
ices. Post office construction and
remodeling are undertaken in
areas showing the most urgent
needs.
“Our 40,000 postal locations
will handle about 83 billion
pieces of mail this year, an esti
mated 100 billion pieces by 1976
and 139 billion pieces in 20 years
To handle this tremendous
amount of mail, the Department
is expanding its efforts to put
mechanized tools into the hands
of the nation’s postal workers in
areas where it is economically
justified.”
iat the time, using water for
r applying liquid fertilizer or
3 Weed-killing chemicals.
3 The Home Journal’s editor
, tried to get some water out
eof the hydrant, but couldn’t
i get a drop because he had
r not heard how to get the “of
s ficial wrench” from Mr. Ker
sey’s store. There is a hose
3 installed on the water hydrant
■ at the Community house for
i the use of users.
Another source at Hender
; son said some water custo
i mers stopped using the coun
-1 ty's water and have gone
i back to their own wells, pay
• ing the minimum of S 4 a
i month so they will have a
back-up supply of water if
their wells develop trouble.
Those who are swiping wa
ter had better hurry up be
cause Mr. Molton said he
hopes to have the meter in
stalled by the end of this
week. Then the Kersey Store
will collect as the water is
used and Mr. Kersey will be
billed at the end of the
month.
They say that Henderson’s
water tastes better than any
water in Houston County but
it costs money to put it into
the hydrants. It’s not free!
—C. E.
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Hawk Brothers Receive Scout Awards
David Hawk, left, and Dale Hawk, received the God
and Country Award of Boy Scouting at a Special cere
mony at the First Baptist Church last Wednesday night.
Perry High Says
Farewell to 134
Bon Fortson, secretary of state
of the state of Georgia, will be
the principal speaker at the
graduation exercises of Perry
High School at 8:30 p. m. Fri
day. May 31.
The exercises will be held in
the gymnasium.
Principal E. P. Staples will
welcome the audience of rela
tives and friends of the 135 grad
uating seniors. Diplomas will be
presented by Herb St. John. The
Glee Club and the Girls Sextet
will sing several numbers.
Honors Day was held at the
high school Wednesday, when
outstanding students were recog
nized.
Members of the graduating
class include:
GRADUATING SENIORS
Beverly Carol Abrams
Robert Jeffrey Adkins
David Martin Allen
Hugh Frank Armstrong
Judy Helene Averett
Patricia Gail Bailey
Jayne Webb Barrett
Richy Lynward Barrett
Randy Neal Barry
Charles L. Belflower
William Warden Bell
Susan Michalina Belmont
Linda Gayle Bennett
Thomas Bolin
Johnny Wallace frewer
Anthony Keith Brown
Kenneth Wayne Btown
William Allison Bryant
Patricia Annette Bynum
Kendall Phillip Chapman
Mary Frances Cheek
Donald Owlin Chestnut
Randall Emerson Chew
Maynard Burrell Cliff
Tommy P. Coffee
Clyde Ray Coleman
Catherine Ann Collier
Ronald L. Collier
Sandra Gail Collier
John Paul Conley
Mary Frances Cook
Russell M. Cook
Stephen Harris Cook
Glenda Irene Culp
Marilyn Daniel
Linda Elaine Davis
Margaret Winifred Davis
Paul Albert Davis
Jerri Deborah Dayton
Gary Oliver Deibert
Dorothy Nell Dußois
Margaret Dianne Dupree
Ernest Uriah Earn
Adelia Rae Evans
Jack David Flournoy
Deannie Ruth Forehand
James Anderson Fountain
Sherry Diana Grinstead
Michael Alan Gibson
Janis Elaine Giles
Yvonne L. Glover
Robert Eugene Graham
Melvin Ronald Greer
Peggy Sue Griffin
Lois Ann Hall
Josephine Hambrick
James Monroe Hamilton 111
Ronald George Hammock
Frances Anne Harms
Yvonne Carol Harper
Addison Elisha Harris 111
Bobby Joe Harris
Edward T. Harley
Carol Smith Hartley
Joe Palmer Hasty
' Dorothy Ann Hatcher
1 Martha L. Hawkins
■ jesselyn Ann Heller
Barbara Ann Hendricks
Patricia Evelyn Hicks
Barbara Stephanie Hobson
Kathy Marie Hopkins
Donna L. Howell
George Lawrence Hunt
Perry Carlos Johnson
Deborah Marie Kerwin
Patsy Laree Lamberth
Leah Evelyn Lasseter
David Wayne Lewis
Stanley M. Lewis
Rodney Franklin Lowe
George Laymond McGinty II
Martha Frances McLendon
Opal Jean McLeod
Nevin Eugene McNutt
Courtney Hodges Mason
Thomas Wright Mason
Frans Joseph Meens
John J. Michael
Linda Joyce Miller
Mitzi Lee Mills
Ira Allen Mizell
Donald B. Moody
Melba Nora Mosteller
Karen Woody NeSmith
Stanley Harrison Odom
Judith Claire Pace
Betty Ann Page
Shirley Jean Parker
Cathryne Lee Pierce
Julie Ann Prichett
Barbara Anne Purdom
Janet Kay Rackley
J. Kenneth Ragan
Maida Grace Ragan
Barbara Ann Reid
Myra Annette Richardson
Don Leslie Richerson
Wayne Douglas Rogers
R. Wayne Rucker
Herbert LeGrande St. John, Jr.
Michael Eugene Seago
Linda Marie Shields
Linda LaVerne Sinyard
Stephen Eugene Smith
Zachary Lanier Smith
Otis Eugene Stocks
Mary Charlene Stokes
Elizabeth Ann Tabor
Larry Thomas Teet
Michael Larson Terry
Faye Elaine Tharpe
Barbara Susan Thomason
John Alan Thompson
Sterling Tipton
Elaine Patsy Tucker
Jane Anne Voseipka
Charles Gray Walker
Linda Walker
Larry Grover Walton
Nancy Elizabeth Whelchel
Robert Leland Wilbanks
Philip Wayne Willard
Donald Mitchell Williamson
Karen Lynne Wright
Johnny Allen Yawn
A large number of students re
ceived special recognition for
outstanding scholastic work and
extra curricula activities in Per
ry High School Honors Day yes
terday.
Among the awards were these;
Susan Thomason, Beltisla Club
Scholarship.
Martha Hawkins, Centerville
Lions Club Scholarship.
Mrs. Joyce Jones, drama
teacher, Georgia Speech Associ
ation lor outstanding work in
speech activities.
Sharon Vuxta, Woodmen of the
World American History Award.
Susan Thomason, first, and
Shown with them or* Rev. Dan M. Hodges, pastor, left,
Mr. and Mrs. David W. Hawk, 1421 Elizabeth Ave., and
Scoutmaster Tom Fast. (Horr.a Journal Photo).
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Cathy Pierce, second, Civitan
Club Citizenship Awards.
Charles Walker, Perry Cham
ber of Commerce Award for best
senior FFA student.
Martha Hawkins, Ruby Carpen
ter Award tor most outstanding
student in business education.
Bronnie Stubbs, Perry Business
Women's Award for best first
year typist.
Maida Ragan, Business Wom
en's Club Award for outstanding
senior in business education,
Pat Hicks, Houston County Ed
ucational Secretaries Scholarship
for senior who excells in busi
ness education.
Barbara Ann Hendricks, out
standing senior in home econom
ics.
Linda Davis, Sandy Nininger
Award of the Key Club.
E. H. Check, agriculture teach
er. to whom the 1967-68 annual,
Ihe Panther, is being dedicated.
Perfect attendance for four
vears of high school, Robert Wil
banks, Melba Mosteller, Rodney
Lowe and Patsy Tucker.
Perfect attendance in senior
year, Ken Chapman, Linda Da
vis, Wayne Lewis, Lee St. John,
Allan Thompson, Charles Walker,
Lynda Walker and Phillip Wil
lard.
DAR Good Citizenship awards,
Susan Thomason and Charles
Walker; best American History
Student, DAR Medal, Marian
Whitehurst.
70 Teams Enter
Tourney at Lake
Seventy teams are now en
tered in the second annual
Member-Guest Golf Tourna
ment at the Houston Lake
Golf and Country Club this
weekend.
L, qualifiers for the tour
nament with a 68 are the
team of Norman Parker and
Mark Faulk. They are the
defending champs form the
fall member - guest tourna
ment.
M. L. Langston, Club Pro,
said that qualifying will con
tinue today and first round
play will start Saturday, with
tee off time to be announced
and posted in the pro shop.
The tournament is 54 holes
with the qualifying round
counting as part of the total
scoie. Langston rated the
course “in excellent shape
and getting better everyday.”
A dance will be held Satur
day night for participants in
the tournament and members
of the country club.
STUBBS ELECTED
KIWANIS DIRECTOR
James B. Stubbs, executive
vice president of the First Na
tional Bank of Perry, has been
elected a member of the board
of directors of the Perry Kiwan
is Club, succeeding Holmes Cun
ningham.