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VOL. 98 NO. 23
Clean Out the Old Junk Cars!
There are two problems that cities find very
difficult to solve—dogs and junk cars.
Perry has too many of both, but today we will
discuss only one of these problems—junk cars.
The city, in a recent clean-up campaign, offered
to pick up old cars that are lying around the city—
at no charge to the owner of the car or the lot
which it fouls up. A few people took advantage of
this offer and removed the junk cars and thereby
helped to make Perry more attractive.
Others just left their old junk cars right where
they were and hoped summer weeds would cover
them up.
They are all over the city. Some have defiled
the landscape for months.
If the city demands the removal of the junk
car, or cars, the owners say they have some good
parts left on the old wreck and they will get it out
of the way as soon as the usable parts are removed.
This, of course, takes months, maybe years.
In addition to being an eyesore, the old junkers
serve as breeding places for mosquitos, rats and
insects of all kinds.
There ought to be a law that can be enforced!
Junk car haters, UNITE! Out with the junkers.
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j From Our Files
5 YEARS, 10 YEARS, 20 YEARS
and 30 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK.
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5 years ago: It’s vacation j
time, at the seashore, the moun
tains, or at your own home...
Don’t overlook Georgia in plnn- (
ing your 1963 vacation. Governor ,
Sanders Says... Hen disappears (
after laying egg 8 inches round. (
Mrs. G. T. Walker of Rt. 1, ,
Perry, says she has seen many '
strange things during her life,
including some very large hen
eggs, but this she believed to
be largest egg ever laid by a
chicken... Langston named sum
mer director for Ocklahatchee...
Concert series tickets on sale
in Houston Area... City and
County weigh tax equalization
plans...Peavy, Stefnnini and
Morrow receive honors at Lions
meeting for service.. .Perryans
going to boys state are Larry
Moody, Harvey NeSmith, Hugh
Hill and Jimmy Sober...E. W.
Curren has 47-star Flag that he
displayed at his home on
Memorial Day. Probably a
rarity... Pam Strong wins typing
Award presented by Business
Women’s Club at Graduation
exercises; others were Floyd
Tabor Jr. top agriculture student,
Shirley Dixon and Floyd Tabor
Jr. presented DAK Citizenship
by Miss Pauline Lewis; Faye
Foreman wins Home Ec Award
presented by Macy Skinner and
winners for their UDC essays
were Warren Williams and Dor in
da Stanley.
10 years ago: 60 Seniors
close school careers here...
Judge Bowie Gray of Tiflon,
1930 graduate of Perry High,will
give the commencement address.
Rev. Bobby Brown, 1955 grad
uate of Peirv High will give the
commencement sermon... Perry
Presbyterians buy property for
expansion... Perry gas price
going up about 10%...The mayor,
Stanley Smith, throws out the
first baseball of the season as
Edgar Barfield looks on. Little
League officials are Jeff Pierce
Jr. business manager, Virgil
Brooks, umpire; Wilson Marlin,
scorekeeper; Jiggs Nipper, um
pire; and Cohen Walker, commis
sioner... Faster mail service for
Perry residents was promised
yesterday in an announcement
by Acting Postmaster Cullen
Talton...A two-hour public hear
ing on relocation of U. S. High
way 341 inside Perry and to Fort
Valley brought out at least four
opponents here...Penn-Dixie
wins safety trophy for 17th lime
since first in '33...Reed and
Barton, America’s oldest major
silversmiths, announced that
Miss Betty Nunn of Perry, lias
been awarded a major prize in
the company’s “Silver Opinion
Competition" held this spring
in more than 200 colleges and
universities throughout the
country.
20 years ago: Rep. J. W.
Bloodworth announced today that
he will be a candidate for re
election.. Houston County peach
es moved to market this week ir
increasing quantities. Growers
started picking in their early
Hiley orchards after cleaning
out their Dixie Gems, Golden
Jubilee and Dneedns. ..Con
tracts for building more resi
dences here piled up this week
on local contractors. J. M.
Tolleson is to build a home for
Mr. and Mrs, Marion L. Brown
on Evergreen Street and for Dr.
and Mrs. A. G. Hendricks on
First Street. Harry Griggs,
already busy on a home for Mr.
and Mrs. Malcolm Dean on Main
Street, is to build a home for
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Moatel
ler...Accurate numbering of all
houses in Perry, to complement
the streetmarking project recent
ly completed, will be undertaken
under the direction of the Perry
Soroais Club, Mrs. Byron War
ren, new president of the club
has appointed a committee head
ed by Mrs. Mayo Davis.
30 years ago: Charles Cooper
given M. 1). Degree at Emory...
The four main elements of
business are man, materials,
money and machinery, according
to Hugh T. Grata, Montgomery,
Ala., business school teacher
who spoke to the Parry Kiwanis
club... Mr. and Mrs. Lee M. Paul
Jr. were hosts at a delightful
barbecue supper at Houston
Lake as a compliment to their
son Lee, a senior of Perry High
School. Wednesday evening,
June 1, Mrs. H. D. Gordy and
Mrs. J. L. Walton entertained the
seniors with a party at the home
of Mrs. Gordy in honor of their
daughters, Ann Gordy and Mar
jorie Walton.... The Houston
County committee on Rural
Electrification has been notified
by Washington authorities that
Houston may obtain 60 miles of
electrical lines in the first
project let after July 1 by a tie
on with the Taylor county unit...
Dresses with V-necks and short
sleeves, easy to put on, and
with no ruffles or fussy details
to keep you long at the ironing
board is the main and most
important fashion for summer...
f FOR THE FAMILY >
—.-AMAIAGER..^
I ITEM; Fuses that blow' or
curcuit breakers that trip are
signs of trouble In your elec
trical system. It could mean
there is too much load on the
circuit or a short circuit from
faulty wiring or defective ap
pliances.
• • •
i ITEM: Autom a tic dlsh
i washers offer many advan
[ tages. They not only save
1 time and work, but wash
, dishes better and more sani
tary than possible by hand.
* * *
ITEM: Soon you may be
’ able to buy a central air con
’ ditioning and heating system
that not only senses room
temperature, but controls air
r flow and humidity.
The Houston Home Journal
Official Organ of Houston County and City of Perry
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At last, after all this time. I’ve seen
and talked with some real, genuine (if
any hippies can be called genuine) hip
pies. The hippies 1 encountered, right
here in Perry, weren’t just the regu
lar, run-of-the-mill state or southern
products. These were real hippies,
straight from the Haight-Ashbury Dis
trict in San Francisco.
There they stood, all six of them,
in front of the local Tastee Freeze
here. They were all dressed in the
wildest clothes imaginable. Their
dress looked almost like costumes ex
cept for the amount of dirt worn into
the threads. There was plenty of dirt
on the six hippie boys, too.
They all had long hair and each
one of them wore a gold ring in his
ear. Four of the boys were wearing
neckleces and one kid. about 19, was
wearing this shirt that had printed
across the back; “I love everybody in
the whole world.”
"Hey man. give us six banana
splits and be sure to put a lot of love
into ’em.” one of the hippies said to
the man behind the counter, who gave
an unknowing look at the hippies.
"Where are you uh. uh. boys
heading for." 1 asked.
“We are going to the place where
love is, man.”
“Where is such a place.”
"Everywhere baby, everywhere in
this world you can find love if you
look for it and we love everybody . . .
£** LIGHT FROM [
I M-*f<*>. LAMPS OF TRUTH j
BY REV. BILLY KEY
• Pastor, Perry Methodist Church
hi
"Moving Day”
There are many moving days
in the life of a minister and it
is my opinion that there never
has been an easy one.
On our first move i was ob
sessed with economy and bought
a second hand trailer. This,
however, did not work out so
well because the tongue broke
on the hitch and a wheel came
off before arriving at the new
place. On our second move we
were stopped by the state patrol
because our car was so heavily
loaded they thought we were
PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY, GA. 31069, THURSDAY, JUNE 6, 1968
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bootlegging. But every trial
brings a triumph and there is no
blessing without bleeding,
I have been sent by my con
ference to five appointments. I
knew little or nothing about
anyone of these appointments
before arriving on the charge. I
went gladly to each because L
believe in the providential care
of a good God.
I will continue to have moving
days as long as I stay in the
itinerant ministry of the Metho
dist Church, until one day, still
under the appointment of the
Almighty, I shall receive my
man, we even love you.”
“Thanks,” I said, “but I can pro
bably continue to live this life without
your love.”
“Ah, man, you just don’t get with
it, do you? You got to love everybody
—That’s what’s wrong with the world
today, there just ain’t enough love.”
“Do any of you smoke marijuana?”
A loud round of laughter arose
with that question and then one of
them spoke up to ask me if I thought
it was wrong and unlawful to smoke
marijuana. I told him I knew it was
unlawful and that I thought it was
morally wrong. When I said that, they
really started in on me.
“Man, have you ever smoked any
grass?” a tall blond-haired kid asked.
“Baby you just don't know nothing
about nothing or what it’s all about
if you ain't never smoked no pot.” the
kid with the slogan on his shirt said.
“I feel sorry for you and all the
people like you baby who ain’t never
sailed on grass—l mean I really feel
for you man, you done missed half
your life," a greasy kid with a stubble
of a beard said.
They all got their banana splits
and headed for the 1951 beat-up Ford
they were using to drive across the
country.' When they got through with
the banana splits, they tossed the boat
shaped cups out the window and drove
off—And they feel sorry for me.
last appointment to the “Eternal
City”. Without doubt this will
be my greatest moving day.
This, like other moving days
could be somewhat of a trial,
but 1 fully expect that it will
also be ray greatest day of vic
tory. This appointment will be
like other appointments in that
I will not have seen it before
arriving; and like other appoint
ments I have read reports about
it. It is a city not made with
hands, eternal in the heavens.
It has golden streets, jasper
walls, and gates of pearl. Its
resources have never been ap
praised and it is growing so
fast that its population has
never been determined. It has
love for its law, perfection for
its standard and Jehovah for its
God. It has saints for its citi
zens, angels for its guards and
Jesus Christ for its king. It is
an appointment with no tunerals
to be preached and no heart
broken to be comforted. It is
the city with one eternal day.
What an appointment!
CITY OF PERRY WAS NAMED
FOR COMMODORE PERRY.
I COOPER ETHERIDGE
VANDALISM: Someone took the
opportunity of high school graduations
last week to commit acts of vandalism
in public and private buildings. We
have no idea who committed these acts
but they ought to be turned up and
prosecuted. A school official said re
pairs to local schools would cost about
S2OO to S3OO. A home under construc
tion was defaced with paint and an
entire brick wall may have to be torn
down and rebuilt. Who is responsible
for this vandalism? Are they your chil
dren? Are they people who have grad
uated many years before but haven’t
grown up? It’s a shame that a com
munity must be burdened with these
people.
TREES DYING: Mimosa trees are
dying all over town, according to re
ports. Some kind of disease going
around.
RANDOM SHOTS; If you get any
letters written in Spanish, Band Man
Gil Acosta can read them for you. At
least he gives you the impression that
he’s translating from Spanish to Eng-
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Editor, Home Journal
The Houston County Tax
Assessors have played Santa
Claus with taxpayers money.
Business property owners on U.
S. 41 south of Big Indian Creek
have received a 30% reduction
in their tax evaluation for
“economic” reasons. The Ad
Valorem tax on property is a
tax based on the value of proper
ty and can be a very harsh tax
if it is not administered fairly
and equally to all property own
ers.
If the tax assessors are going
to evaluate the income produc
tion capability of property and
thereby assess the tax value of
the property, then this technique
should be applied to all busi
ness property in the county.
This also raises the question
are they capable of valuing
property on such a basis and
what type of tax would you
have? This certainly opens a
Pandora’s box.
Based on my experience with
the Houston County Board of
Tax Assessors, I don’t believe
they feel that all property own
ers in the county should all
have their property assessed on
the same basis. The board con
vinced me that they feel that the
tax is fair if all owners on a
street are taxed on the same
basis. Their gift to these
property owners on U. S. 41
south illustrates this idea of
taxation very clearly.
I wonder how many other
actions of this sort are part of
our tax administration.
Respectfully yours,
Raymond J. Hooten
920 Keith Drive
The American Red Cross Ma
con Chapter has sent this letter
to David Helms, president of the
Perry Jaycees:
Mr. David Helms, President
Perry Jaycees
Dear Mr. Helms;
Four years ago when the Red
Cross in Perry needed a group
to sponsor the Red Cross Blood
mobile visits to Perry, we called
on the Jaycees. They in turn
called on their partners, the
Jaycettes, and since the initial
visit which your club sponsored
in September of 1964 you have
carried the load of planning,
staffing and recruiting for the
Bloodmobile visits. At times this
has been without the support you
should have been able to expect
from your fellow citizens.
We have been told that you
can no longer continue to spon
sor these visits, and we under
stand why this is the case. The
Perry Red Cross Blood program
belongs to the people of Perry,
COOPER ETHERIDGE
BYRON MAXWELL Business Manager
808 l ' BRANCH . ..Associate Editor and Adv. Manager
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Published every Thursday and entered as Second
Class mai! at the Post Office at Perry, Ga. 31069.
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lish very well. The Kiwanis Club got
a letter from a club written in Span
ish. Gil was called on to tell the Ki
wanians what the letter said. He trans
lated about five minutes and all the
Kiwanians could get out of the trans
lation was that the other club congrat
ulated the Perry Club on its 30th
anniversary. Gil said that was all they
said—They just said the same thing
in different ways .... Perry’s getting
more and more eating places. They
are being built mostly for the tourists
but the local people are enjoying hav
ing this advantage .... It appears that
the county’s Republicans will have
just one candidate for each place.
Meetings of the Candidates’ Commit
tee, which approves or disapproves
prospective candidates, are not open
to newspapermen .... Some people
are calling the place of the Poor Peo
ples’ campaign the “Insurrection Cl-.
ty”, instead of “Resurrection City”,
and the University students who don’t
like university regulations for girls
are calling the University “Suppres
ion City” or something like that. This
is a day of labels and name calling.
and there should be a communi
ty blood program committee to
share the responsibility. We hope
to set up such a committee early
in June so that there will be time
to prepare for the October 2nd
visit.
As I finish my term of office
as chapter chairman, 1 would
like officially to express our
thanks to the Jaycees and Jay
cettes for the leadership they
have given the blood program.
The entire community owes you
young men and women a vote of
thanks. To the doctors, nurses
and workers volunteering their
time, to the news media person
nel and to the donors who sup
ported your efforts, we express
our appreciation and urge con
tinued cooperation in this vital
program.
Sincerely,
DONALD M. JOHNSON
Chapter Chairman
Editor, Home Journal,
Returning from a vacation
in N. C., I happened to stop
at the New Perry Motel, My
mother and I liked it so well,
we stayed three nights. Driving
around Perry I had occasion to
buy two items at Nina’s An
tiques, The owner of the shop
and I were discussing antiques
and the end result was I left
without the purchases! I re
membered only it was some
distance from Perry but did not
recall route number. My mother
and I drove on to the Robins
Air Force Base. Somehow I
had the feeling that the antique
shop owner would feel very
badly as she impressed me as
being a thoroughly fine person
and an honest one.
Finally, I located the shop.
It was closed as it was Sunday.
She lived in the next house and
I learned her name was Mrs. J.
D. Nelson, Hawkinsville, Ga.
Route 1, Box 173.
This is the thing which I
never will forget. She didn’t
know my name, only that I was
staying in a Perry Motel—and I
was driving a Ford Mustang.
She thought once of calling the
different motels in Perry, even
of having the Baptist Minister
make an annorncement in the
church service! I had asked
her where she attended church,
that I thought 1 might see her
there, but she said she attended
one in her neighborhood.
Then she thought I would
certainly be back—and she
watched all Sunday morning for
me to stop at the shop. When I
rang the bell, she said she was
certainly very relieved to see
me there!
This all happened in 1968
ESTABLISHED 1870
when there is so much happening
in our world which makes us
shake our heads sorrowfully.
I tell it to you because I
thought you would like to heat
this story from a visitor-for it
concerns the kind of person
which makes a stranger remem
ber your town most happily.
Also, it was very meaningful
to worship in your beautiful
newly dedicated Baptist Church.
One of the men thoughtfully
gave us brochures of the dedica
tion. I shall take one to ray
minister. Dr. Donald Manuel,
Allapattah Baptist Church,
Miami, Fla. Sunday evening we
visited the Methodist Church in
its lovely redecorated church.
The service was most inspiring
also.
A Perry, Ga. fan living
in Miami, Fla.
Mrs. Dorothy M. Hess
Editor, Home Journal
I have undertaken the chair
manship for the Peach Belt Dis
trict of the Scouting Guardian
Program. One may ask ‘ i ußt
what is the Scouting Guardian
Program?” ~
The Central Georgia Council
is composed of five districts,
the Peach Belt District being
ours. The total Council budge'
for financing Cub, Scout, aw
Exploring Scouting is SIIO,OUU.
Only in sight by yearly drives
fbr this amount is $84,000. T '*
leaves a balance of $26,0
The Peach Belt District has
2,753 Scouts with a Boy popu
lation eligible for Scouting 0
8,884, and the money our dis
trict is due based on Boy mem
bers and boy population 1
$23,270, The money that jj 8 *
been raised to date is s 3<
and SSOO is expected from ">
General campaign. The mow
required to pay our own way
this District is $7,410.
exact amount needed for Jf
Guardian Program in this
trict is $4,027 h| ,
I am asking Citizens o
community and the Peach n e
Scouting District to make c ®j
tributions of SIOO to ’
yearly, and to become a Go*
an of Scouting. taJ
tributions will be 1 .j, e
deductible, and you may a
question, ‘‘Can I afford
more?” Then, too, we can
the question, ‘‘Can we
not to?” As a former - (
Executive of the P eaL R gSl>
District I learned that * htf
fears Boy Scouting m n
any movement for our >
America. If we are 1 0 ' jca
the principles our great Am
was founded on, we nee
good Scouting to ever '. jt j ze n
Let me urge you as a #
to help meet the cha »e«
keep America the gre
U 1 Allen P. Whipple.
Guardian Scouting
Peach Belt District