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Headquarters of American Camellia Society Near Here
American Camellia Lovers
Will Meet Here This Fall
The national headquarters
building of the American Camel
lia Society is nearing completion
and plans are being made for the
fall meeting of the society at
Massee Lane, 15 miles from
Perry,
The $90,000 national head
quarters building is strictly
Williamsburg architecture and
the furnishings also show the
Williamsburg influence. It is
located on the Fort Valley-Mar
shallville H ghway.
Perry will have a large part
in the fall meeting of the soci
ety, because most of the 500
delegates will stay in Perry’s
motels. The fall meeting is
scheduled for Nov, 14, and
16.
The Camellia Journal, the
quarterly publication of the
camellia society, headlines the
fall meeting like this; “ACS
Fall Meeting to be Held at Mas
see Lane and Perry, Ga,”
Register at Perry
The new Quality Court Motel
at Perry has been designated
as the registration point for the
delegates, who will come from
most states of the U. S, The
* Journal says Perry offers many
fine motels and eating places.
The Holiday Inn of Perry will be
the scene of a big banquet dur
ing the fall meeting.
The Middle Georgia Camellia
Soceity will hold its fall show
in Macon on Nov. 16-17 in co
operation with the ACS fall
Perry Has
More Grads
At Colleges
Henry P. Gotten, son of
w ‘lace Gotten of Perry, re
c'('"ed the degree of bachelor of
■ 1 hanical engineering in com
me nee me nt exercises at Georgia
u T :i Saturday, June 8.
' otten was one of 1,500 stu
(‘!wh° received degrees in
Ir exercises held at the Fox
f 1 neatre.
Walter Stanley Sorrells, son
°; , Mr and Mrs. W. C. Sorrells
‘.ake Joy Road, received the
■agree of bachelor of arts in
n ‘ slf) ry at West Georgia College,
( arollton, last week.
He was one of 241 students
received degrees in com
mencement exercises, in which
mer Cong. Charles L. Weltner
was principal speaker.
Jerry w. Jackson, son of Mrs.
Johnson, Kathleen, gradu
/ Saturday, June 8, from
Abraham Bldwin College, where
- 1 ’ended for two years. He
1 transfer to the University of
'"'; r J ia in September.
lOS ®, his graduation
-re ms mother, Mr. and Mrs.
uu? me Johns °n and Todd, David
'■’■nnson and Miss Lynn Mathews
of Fort Valley.
■Hss Nan Johnson of Atlanta
• the weekend with her
Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Van John
— PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY, GA. 31069. THURSDAY, JUNE 13, 1968
meeting.
Why did the American Camel
lia Society choose this Middle
Georgia location for its national
headquarters?
The big reason is Dave C.
Strother of Fort Valley, who
gave the camellia society 170
acres of land and cash of
$37,000. Mr. Strother, who
observed his 87th birthday in
May, has been a camellia lover
and grower since 1935. Massee
Lane has seven acres in camel
lias and Mr. Strother is a person
al friend of every camellia plant
there. He is known as the
“great benefactor” of the Ameri
can Camellia and a portrait of
him will be hung in the society’s
headquarters.
Dave Strother Honored
An “ABCD Club—A Birthday
Camellia Celebration for Dave”
was formed and contributions
made to the AHCD Club were
placed in the Endowment Fund
of the society,
“Mr. Dave” just plain loves
camellias and other people who
love camellias.
The national headquarters will
house the finest camellia library
in the world, and the value of
the library is estimated at
Sidewalk Project Stirs Controversy
Former County Commissioner
Hugh Beatty and City Council
man D. K. Houghton this week
took issue with the Houston
County Commissioners, who
complained last week that they
had not been kept informed on
a state contract for sidewalk
paving in the Tucker School
area.
They show'ed letters from the
county commissioners to Coun
cilman Houghton and Mayor Ray
expressing the county’s interest
in helping the city get the con
tract.
Here is the letter from the
commissioners to Councilman
Houghton dated March 25;
“In reference to the request
of the City of Perry for County
assistance in securing State
aid for sidewalks along a portion
of and in the vicinity of Tucker
Road.
“This is to advise that the
Board of Commissioners have
discussed this request at a
regular meeting on Feb. 20, 1968;
and it is agreeable with the
Board, if this aid can be ob
tained.”
Here is the letter from the
commissioners to Mayor Ray,
dated Feb, 26:
“This is to acknowledge re
ceipt of your letter dated Febru
ary 16 requesting aid and as
sistance in securing a side
walk along a portion of and in
the vicinity of Tucker Road.
“Your request was presented
to the Board of Commissioners
at their last regular meeting on
February 20, 1968. The Board
agreed to assist the City of
Perry in every way possible
and will be contacting Council
man D. K. Roughton as to when
a trip can be scheduled to the
State Highway Department in
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$50,000.
The American Camellia Soci
ety had its headquarters at the
University of Fl orida at Gaines
ville, Seven years ago the head
quarters was moved to the Geor
gia Experiment Station at Tifton,
The new headquarters building
at Massee Lane was occupied
just last month.
7,200 Members
The society has 7,200 mem
bers in 40 states and 16 foreign
countries, according to Joseph
Pyron, the executive secretary
of the society and the editor of
its Camellia Journal. Mr. Pyron
lives at Reynolds and is on
duty five days a week at the
headquarters. His mailing ad
dress is Box 212, Fort Valley,
Ga., 31030
The society is a non-profit
organization whose purpose is
to promote the growing of camel
lias for the enjoyment of its
members.
Those who know the enthusi
asm of camellia lovers see
nothing but a bigger and better
future for Massee Lane and the
camellia society. All of Middle
Georgia, and particularly Perry,
will benefit from the growth of
the camellia gardens.
Atlanta.
“If 1 may be of assistance
to you in the future, please do
not hesitate to call.”
Both letters were signed by
Roy H. Watson Jr, clerk of com
missioners.
The commissioners said in
their meeting Tuesday, June 4,
that they felt that they had not
been fully advised about this
project and that the county’s
road program might be jeopar
dized.
After a discussion of the
sidewalk project at last week’s
meeting, Chairman H. C. Talton
Jr. instructed the clerk to write
the throe cities in the counties
asking them to keep the county
commissioners advised of all
road projects being sought.
Mr. Beatty and Mr. Roughton
said they went to Atlanta at
their own expense to request a
state contract for about a mile
of sidewalk paving, and that
Mr. Gillis said he could not
approve the entire project but
would allot $5,500 to cover a
bout half of the project.
Commissioner Gene Wall said
he was fully informed about the
project and felt that it had been
handled properly.
Commissioner Alton Tucker
said he was asked by Mr. Beat
ty to accompany him and Mr.
Roughton to Atlanta, but he told
them he could not go at that
time. He said Commissioner
Stewart Bloodworth told him that
Mr. Beatty and Mr. Roughton
planned to go to Atlanta to
try to get the state aid.
Commissioner Frank Rozar
said he was not too familiar
with the project but that if Mr.
Beatty and Mr. Roughton had a
letter from the commissioners
Both Parties Likely to Qualify
More Candidates at Deadline
New Church
Gets Reese
As Pastor
The new Methodist Church in
Perry will be formally consti
tuted on Sunday, June IG.
Taking part in the morning
worship service will be Rev.
David Duck, Americus District
Superintendent; Rev. Carlton
Carruth, conference director of
Church Extentions; and Rev.
Dick Reese, the new pastor.
Mr. Reese will be preaching at
this service.
During the service, the roll
of all persons who have indicat
ed a desire to join the new
church will be read. A Charter
Day will be set for late summer
or early fall. All persons who
join prior to this Charter date
will be considered charter mem
bers of the new Methodist
Church in Perry.
Immediately following morning
worship, Mr. Duck will lead the
congregation in a business
session at which time the Offi
cial Board of Stewards will be
elected, ns well ns other Church
officials.
During the coming weeks, the
Official Board will meet and
take action on such things as a
name for the church, considera
tion of design and plans for the?
first building, and further organi
zation of the new church.
All persons who have either
given a definite indication to
join and have not yet attended
or have a desire to join bul have
not given an indication are in-
CITY TO WAR
ON MOSQUITOS
The City of Perry expects to
get into the business of killing
mosquitos in about a week, Tom
Cook, administrative aide to
Mayor Ray. said yesterday.
Mr. Cook said the city owns
the spraying equipment and
has received some expert advice
from Woolfolk Chemical Co. at
Fort Valley on the best mosquito
spray.
If residents know of spots
where mosquitos are very bud,
call Mr. Cook at city hall,
987-1911.
approving the project, ho thinks
the project was handled proper
ly. He said he recalled former
Councilman Raymond Gornto
appearing before the commis
sioners in 1967 asking for the
support of the commissioners
in getting the project for the
city. Mr. Rozar said if the clerk
of the commissioners, R. H.
(Sonny) Watson wrote a letter
saying the commissioners had
approved it, he was sure Mr.
Watson had been instructed to do
so. Mr. Watson does not usual
ly do things unless he is autho
rized to do so, Mr. Rozar said.
Commissioner Stewart Blood
worth, who brought up the matter
in last week’s county commis
sioners meeting, said that Mr.
Watson wrote the letters with
out the knowledge of the com
missioners.
“1 am glad the city got the
contract but Perry got short
changed in the long run,” Mr.
Bloodworth said, ‘‘because if
the commissioners had gone to
\tlanta they would have gotten
the full project, plus other
roads....lf Rep. Paul Stalnaker
had gone along we would have
gotten everything we asked for,
because he can do more than
anyone else in the county in
getting road contracts.”
He said he knew that he
would be accused of bringing
up the matter because of the
fact that he and Mr. Beatty were
opponents two years ago, but he
said this is ‘‘wholly untrue”.
Mr. Bloodworth said there had
been instances in which people
have gone to Atlanta and have
persuaded the state highway
department to approve projects
and the commissioners did not
know anything about it. That
is why he brought up the matter
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REV. C. DICK REESE
vited to come Sunday and be a
part of this historic service.
Mr. Reese, new pastor of the
new Methodist Church here, is
27 years old. He comes to Per
ry from the First Methodist
Church of Americus, where he
was associate pastor and cam
pus minister for Wesley Founda
tion at Georgia Southwestern
College.
He was educated in the public
schools of Columbus and was
graduated from Jordan High
School. He attended Columbus
Junior, received a bachelor of
arts degree at LaGrange College,
and received his bachelor of
divinity at Emory University in
1966. He served pastorates at
Geneva Methodist Larger Parish
and the Preston Methodist
Charge before going to Ameri
cus.
Mrs. Reese is the former Juno
Watford of Columbus. They have
a daughter, Melonie Dean Reese,
3.
Building Permits
$1,069,769 in 1968
Building permits issued by
the City of Perry totaled
$207,900 during May, Building
Inspector Harry Griggs said
yesterday.
'Phis brings the total con
struction in Perry through May to
$1,069,269.
The May figures showed
$119,500 in new houses, $85,000
in new business places, and
$3,400 in miscellaneous build
ing.
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‘‘to be sure that we co-ordinate
our efforts" in working with the
state because all projects count
against the county’s total con
tracts.
H. C. Talton Jr., chairman of
the commissioners, said he was
familiar with the sidewalk pro
ject and that he is glad to see
Perry got the state assistance.
‘‘l don’t care who goes to
Atlanta to get state assistance
on any project in Houston Coun
ty,” Mr. Talton said. “We had
agreed to help the city any way
we could in getting state aid
on the project.”
Mr. Beatty said he would not
have gope to Atlanta to see the
highway department without let
ters from the county commis
sioners and the city council of
Perry because the highway
department will not allot
any contracts unless both
county and city officials are in
agreement on the request.
When they went they had
letters from the commissioners
and from the city council re
questing this state assistance
and that they feel the commis
sioners had am jle information
about the projects, especially in
view of the letters that the com
missioners had written approving
it.
M*. Beatty said it was obvious
that Commissioner Stewart
Bloodworth complained about
the project because Mr. Beatty,
not Mr. Bloodworth, obtained the
state project. The two are
political opponents.
Key to Americus,
Cochran to Perry
Rev. William R. (Billy) Key,
pastor of the Perry Methodist
Church for the last four
years, left this week for Am
erieus, where he has been as
signed as pastor of the First
Methodist Church.
Mr. Key will be succeeded
by Dr. Leonard Cochran, who
comes to Perry from the First
Methodist Church of Albany.
During Mr. Key’s four-year
tenure here, more than 400
members were received into
the church and the rolls show
ed a net increase of 275
members. The average at
tendance at the morning wor
ship services and Church
School passed the 500 mark.
The church carried out a
major renovation of the sanc
tuary, purchased a parsonage
for the associate pastor en
larged the Key parsonage,
added the associate minister.
Rev. J. B. Smith, and spon
sored a new Methodist church
in Perry, which started serv
ices last Sunday.
The budget of the church
rose from $53,000 to SIOO,OOO
during the lasl four years.
Mr. Key was born in Adrian,
in Hmanuel County and at
tended school there. He en
tered Young Harris and then
Asbury College in Wilmore,
Ky., where he received his A.
B. degree. He remained in
Wilmore and earned his B. D.
degree at Asbury Seminary.
While attending Asbury Sem
inary, Mr. Key served as
youth pastor at Epworth Me
thodist Church in Lexington,
Ky,, and also held pastorates
at Gravel Switch and at High
land-Kings Mountain.
He was ordained deacon in
August, 1948, by Bishop Wat
kins of the Kentucky Confer
ence. He transferred to the
South Georgia Conference,
where he was ordained elder
by Bishop Arthur J. Moore,
in June of 1950.
While serving in Kentucky
he was married to the former
Mildred Site of Westerville,
Ohio. They have five children,
Brenda, Danny Joe, Todd,
Scott and Betsy.
Ife has served pastorates in
Winona Park and Gilchrist
Park in Waycross, the Wood
land Charge. St. Marys and
Waynesboro. He is a mem
ber of the Board of Evange
lism of the South Georgia
Conference; he served as se
cretary of this Board for four
years and is now chairman.
In the summer of 1959 it
was his privilege to tour the
Holy Land byway of London
and then to spend several
days in Rome on his way
home.
In the spring of 1965 he
had the privilege of opening
the U. S. Senate with prayer.
Mr, Key was elected dele
gate to the Southeastern Ju
risdictional Conference.
Dr. Leonard Cochran is a
native of Fulton County, Ga.
He attended public schools in
Fulton County and Emory at
Oxford. He attended Asbury
College at Wilmore, Kentucky,
where he was graduated and
later received a doctor’s degree.
He has two sons and two
daughters: Norman Cochran who
is in bu* iness at Boston, Mass.,
Mrs. Sam Hopkins, wife of an
Atlanta newspaper man, Mrs.
Evan Moorehouse who lives in
Atlanta, and Arthur Cochran,
who is in the Air Force and
stationed on the Isle of Crete.
He is now married to the former
Barbara Davis James, who has
two sons. Tommy James, who is
in the Armed Forces and on his
way to Viet Nam, and Davis
James, who has just graduated
from Albany High School.
Dr. Cochran’s entire ministry
has been in the South Georgia
Conference which he joined at
the 1929 session at Mulberry
Street Church in Macon. His
first pastoral assignment was
at Lake Park. He served other
churches, including St. Luke in
DR. LEONARD COCHRAN
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REV. WILLIAM R. KEY
Columbus for five years and
First Church at Valdosta for
seven years. While pastor at
Valdosta he received 251 mem
bers into the ehureh on one
Sunday.
Ile has attended four quadrion
nial General Conferences of the
Methodist Church; three times
as clerical lay leader; served on
Committee of 70 of the General
Conference. Ih; has been a mem
ber of the General Board of
trustees of Magnolia Manor,
a Methodist home for the; aging
at Americas, has also served on
the General Board of Missions
for eight, years. H.) served as
chairman of the campaign to
raise *1 million in the South
Georgia Conference for expan
sion and other purposes, and
his committee raised 110 per
cent of the quota assigned.
Dr. Cochran went to the First
Methodist Church Albany in
•June, 1964, after having served
as pastor of the Mulberry Street
Methodist in Macon for 10 years.
He is the author of a book
entitled “Man at His Best”
which he wrote in 1957.
AMERICUS DISTRICT
Americas first, W. R. Key;
Andersonville, J. J. Chuncey;
Cochran, Emmett Davis; Graves,
Clifton Brooks; Lumber City,
Ralph Savarese; Berry First,
Leonard H. Cochran; New
Church, C. Dick Reese; Pine
hurst, Joel Dent; Pineviow,
Lowery Brantley; Rebecca,
Carroll Taylor; Rhine-Chauncey,
Scott Douglas; Roc he lie-Pitts,
Warren Grimes.
MACON DISTRICT
Centerville, William T. Greer;
Fort Valley, Reece Turrentine;
Irwinton, David H. Dickens;
Jeffersonville, C. L. Mincey;
Macon Aldersgate, D. Eugene
Pollett; Bass, W. W. Campbell;
Bloomfield, Roy I. Gardner;
Bloomfield associate, Michael
A. McAfee; Cherokee Heights,
Lawrence E. Houston Jr.; Doles,
Frank L. Padgett; First Street,
J. Loyd Cowart; Forest Hills,
Burns M. Willis; Hillcrest
Heights, J. Loy Scott; Liberty,
Bernard L. Henry; Martha Bow
man, L. M. Spivey; Second Street,
Raymond Bittner; Shurlington,
William E. McTier Jr.; Swift
Creek, Allen Hardison; Powers
ville-Wesley, C. N. Haisten;
Roberta, George Manting; Twiggs
County Circuit, George B.
Coursey; Warner Robins First,
Sanford V. Brown; Warner Robins
associate, J. Felton Harden.
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TWO SECTIONS
ESTABLISHED 1870
Battle Lines
Being Drawn
For Primary
The two major parties pro
mised some surprises yester
day as the deadline for en
tries in the first Houston
County joint primary neared.
The Democrats were to close
entries at 5 p. m. and the Re
publicans indicated they
might wait until midnight
Wednesday.
As the situation stood at
noon yesterday. Democrats
had filed for every office to
be filled and the Republicans
offered opposition in only two
places. This situation was not
expected to remain after the
deadline passes because both
parties were reported to be
ready to put in some last
minute candidates.
One development of last
week was the withdrawal of
Albert Pratt, who had quali
fied to run for county com
missioner to succeed Gene
Wall, who did not offer for
re-election. M. E. (Bud) Sis
son of Bonaire, has applied
to the county Republican
Committee to run for the
place.
Harvey NeSmith, Perry busi
nessman, qualified at 10:30 a.
m. yesterday for county com
missioner, opposing Frank Ro
zar in the Democratic Primary.
The deadline for both par
ties is 5 p. m. for putting up
the qualification fee, but the
Republican committee was
scheduled to meet last -night
to decide whether to accept
candidates.
Here is the lineup as it
stood at noon yesterday:
FOR SHERIFF
Albert Hudson, incumbent,
Democrat
Herman Coffey, Democrat
I), K. (Dot) Roughton.
Republican
FOR COUNTY
COMMISSIONER
Lower Section of County
Frank Hozar, incumbent,
Democrat
FOR COUNTY
COMMISSIONER
Upper Section of County
To succeed Gene Wall
Edward Bryant, Democrat
Lamar Keene Jr., Democrat
FOR COUNTY
COMMISSIONER
To succeed Alton Tucker
Alton Tucker, Democrat
TAX COMMISSIONER
Mrs. Joyce B. Griffin, in
cumbent, Democrat
Mrs. Sadie Holt, Republi
can
FOR REPRESENTATIVE
lo succeed Paul Stalnaker
Sam A. Nunn Jr.. Democrat
To succeed D. C. Peterson
D. C. Peterson, Democrat
Dreyfus Fountain, Demo
crat
FOR STATE SENATOR
Stanley Smith Jr., incum
bent, Democrat
Roger Davis, Democrat
FOR SOLICITOR
Jack Gautier, incumbent,
Democrat
Joel A. Willis Jr., Democrat
FOR ORDINARY
Clinton K. Watson Jr., in
cumbent, Democrat
FOR CLERK OF COURT
Tommie S. Hunt, incum
bent, Democrat
FOR CORONER
Tom Hix, incumbent,
Democrat
CARD OF THANKS
We are sincerely grateful to
friends and neighbors for their
many kind acts of sympathy,
flowers, letters, and cards
during my stay in the Hawkins
ville Hospital.
Lynn Harper and Family