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VOL. 98 NO, 25
Four Surprises
in County Races
At least four surprises develop
ed on the Houston county politi
ck scene as the deadline for en
te: ■ the Sept. 11 primary pass
ed last Wednesday night, with
act ~i in Democratic and Re
pul a. can parties.
Biggest surprise of them all
was the announcement from La
mar Keene Jr. of Warner Rob
ins that he was shifting from the
race for county commissioner to
sh .-iff, and changing from De
mocratic to Republican parties.
This pits him against D. K.
(Dot) Houghton of Perry, who
bad changed from Democratic to
Republican earlier. The county
Republican party qualified both
to run for sheriff in the first
joint primary held in this county
in almost a century.
Commission Race
Other surprises included the
entry of Paschal Muse of Perry
to run for county commissioner
in the Republican primary. He
will oppose the winner of the
Democratic contest between
Frank\ Rozar, incumbent, and
‘Smith. Mr. Rozar is
■mer and Mr. NeSmith
Elko and has a store
..It. Muse is a farmer
and businessman.
Charles E. Self Jr. of Bonaire
entered the Democratic primary
to oppose Alton Tucker of Cen
terville, incumbent county com
missioner.
M. E. (Bud) Sisson of Bonaire
will run as a Republican, oppos
ing the winner of the Tucker-Self
race.
Keene’s withdrawal from the
race for county commissioner
left Edward Bryant of Warner
Robins without opposition in the
Democratic primary, but Charles
Carter of Centerville will run on
the Republican ticket against
Bryant.
Hudson vs. Coffey
Sheriff Albert Hudson will be
opposed in the Democratic prim
ary by Herman Coffey of Warner
Robins, and the winner of this
race will oppose the winner of
the Roughton-Keene race in the
general election.
Mrs. Joyce B. Griffin of Perry,
present tax commissioner, will
be opposed in the general elec
tion by Mrs. Sadie Holt of Warn
er Robins, Republican.
Present county officers who es
caped opposition entirely includ
ed Clerk of Court Tommie S.
Hunt, Ordinary Clinton K. Wat
son and County School Supt. Da
vid A. Perdue.
Solicitor Jack Gautier of the
sujxirior courts of the Macon Ju
dicial Circuit will be opposed by
Joel A. Willis Jr. of Warner Rob
ins in the Democratic primary,
tuid has no Republican opposi
tion.
Davis Challenges Senator
State Senator Stanley E. Smith
will be opposed in the Democra
bc primary by Roger Davis, pre
sen: mayor of Warner Robins.
Th' 1 Republicans did not qualify
an\. ne in this race.
Sdm A. Nunn Jr. of Perry, De
m°' at, will be elected without
opposition as state legislator in
primary and general elec-
Re will fill the place now
by Paul Slalnaker, who did
offer for re-election.
,'ius Fountain of Warner
06 will challenge D. C. Pe
of Kathleen for the other
‘alive in the Democra
Perry's First Women's Softball Team
Jo A L, a f ° r ; * tand '9 : Earl MarohaH, BeMy Ann *'|', hr p ”; '* and Phillip
J 0 Ann Batchlor, Rina Rider, Patsy Watson, Cathy fierce,
yd, assistant manager. . Batc hlor, Jean Martin, Jannell
M , Front: Tonda Ann Marshall, bat girl; Carol Bafcn.or,
Molton, Clara Walton and Linda Jones. u«r«tino Elaine Gray, Gail Collier.
Absent when photo was taken are: Patsy Worsting, tia.ne
PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY, GA. 31069, THURSDAY. JUNE 20. 1968
tic primary. There is no GOP en
trant for this office.
Others who qualified included
Robert F. Perry, Warner Robins,
constable; John D. B. Parker,
Perry, constable; Alton Rainey’,
Perry, justice of peace; Archie
L. Campbell, Warner Robins,
constable: and Mr. Jack M,
Humphrey and John Houck, War
ner Robins, justice of peace.
Mr. Humphrey is a Democrat
and Mr. Houck is a Republican.
Social Worker
From Thailand
Visits Houston
Miss Chira Sakornpan, a med
ical social worker from Thailand,
spent Wednesday with officials
and workers of the Houston Coun
ty Family and Children Service
studying the county’s program
for family planning.
Miss Sakornpan has been in
this country since last August
studying the programs of Geor
gia health and welfare agencies.
She is a teacher of public health
and social welfare in Thailand
colleges and government agen
cies.
The Thailand visitor said she
came to Houston County becasue
she had been advised that Hous
ton County FACS has the best
program on family planning in
the state, being one of the first
counties in Georgia to launch the
family planning program.
Mrs. W. B. Evans, county di
rector of FACS, was Miss Sak
ornpan’s hostess and guide in her
examination of the local program.
Miss Charlon Seegar, state social
counsultant, accompanied the
Thai visitor to Perry and Hous
ton County.
Coming Events
The Qykota Home Economics
Club will meet Thursday, June
20, at 8 p.m. at the home of
Mrs. Nancy Colder on Tucker
Road.
Perry’s Mayor and Council
will meet at 7:30 p.m. today at
the City Hall.
Men of the Church of the Perry
Presbyterian Church will have
their supper meeting at 7:30 p.m.
today at the Youth Center.
The Perry Rainbow Girls will
have a slumber party on June 14
at the Masonic Lodge. No one
will be admitted before 8 p.m.
or after 11 p.m. All Rainbow
Girls are invited.
Chamber Adds
4 New Members
The Perry Chamber of Com
merce welcomes four more new
members to the 1968-69
chamber membership roll.
They are Flint Electric Mem
bership Corp., Lee s Gift
Shoppe, Milam’s Variety Stores
and Davis Bros. Cafeteria.
The Houston Home Journal
NEWCOMERS
Newcomers to the City of
Perry in recent days, as re
ported to the Chamber of Com
merce, include:
Mr. and Mrs. Robert E.
Gamble Jr., 1402 E. Tolleson
St.
Mr. and Mrs. Sam L. Na
bors, 904 Evergreen St.
Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Arrow
smith, 100 S Fourth St.
Mr. and Mrs. Winston Wil
liams, 1118 Ball St.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank E.
Spires, 917 Commerce St.
Mr. and Mrs. C. Dick Reese,
934 Forest Ave.
Dr. and Mrs. Leonard Coch
ran, 812 Forest Hill Rd.
Fillers Replaced
At Water Works
Replacement of two 22-year
old filters at the city waterworks
already has reduced the iron con
tent in Perry’s water but two or
three months will be required to
clear up the system, Water Supt.
A1 Means said yesterday.
The filters which had to be
replaced were installed back in
1946, and had become ineffective
due to old age, Mr. Means said.
The other two filters at the plant
were installed in 1959 and will
not be replaced unless a new
study indicates that a change is
necessary, Mr. Means said.
The city’s million-dollar
sewage treatment system, which
will be under supervision of Mr.
Means, will be put in operation
about Aug. 15 or Sept. 1, he
said. The completion will be a
bout three months behind the
projected date.
yjOSPra^NEWsjj
1 Mrs. Carl Barrett admitted to
■ the Macon Hospital on Tuesday
• for major surgery on Wednesday,
June 19.
Mrs. Lillian Chapman was re
cently dismissed from the Macon
Hospital and is at home recuper
ating from eye surgery.
Mrs. Floyd Smith has been dis
missed from the Macon Hospital
and is recuperating from surgery
at the home of her son, Mr. Ted
Smith and Mrs. Smith.
Houston County Hospital
Royce Ivy admitted.
Jean Jackson dismissed.
Martha L, Watson dismissed.
Scott Smith admitted.
Deborah Roberts admitted.
Peach County Hospital
Hugh Wiley admitted,
Nathan Thompson admitted.
Beatrice Carrol admitted.
Robin Askew admitted.
Ernest Hardy admitted.
Johnny Clay admitted.
Gene West admitted.
Steve West admitted.
Glenice Terry admitted,
Bonnelle Borders admitted.
Madra Sims dismissed.
Morris Johnson dismissed.
SINGING PLANNED
AT HAYNEVILLE
The First Baptist Church of
Hayneville invites everyone to a
singing on Saturday, June 22, at
7:30 p. m.
The Laymen of Warner Rob
ins, the Harper Family of Hayne
ville, and other special music
will be featured.
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Architect’s Sketch of Pabst Brewery to Be Built Here
Pabst Breaks Ground Here
For Huge S4O Million Brewery
Methodists Hold
Vacation School
Vacation Bible School began
Monday morning. June 17, at
the Perry Methodist Church. Af
ter registration the children went
into the sanctuary for an intro
ductory assembly.
Dr. Leonard Cochran, pastor of
the church, welcomed the boys
and girls and gave an object les
son on the type of sling shot Da
vid would have used to slay Go
liath .The Rev. Dick Reese, min
ister of the new Methodist
Church, led in a closing prayer.
There were approximately 140
children present the first day.
They are divided into Kindergar
ten, Primary. 4th and sth grades,
and 6th grade groups. Forty-five
teachers and helpers led the
children in their studies.
The children’s leaders are:
Kindergarten head, Mrs. Elva
Culpepper; Mrs. Charles Evans,
Mrs. Horace Kirk, Mrs, Jerry
Rogers, Mrs. Bobby Tuggle, Ash
ley Ursery, Judy St. John, Mrs.
Billy Gray, Mrs, James Geiger,
Mrs. Alan Tabor, India Smith,
Susan Ray, Laurie Marshall,
Vicki Shields; song leader, Mrs.
Jim Worrall; pianist, Helen Da
vis.
Primay head, Mrs. Nellie Co
sey and Mrs. Grace Pace; Mrs.
Sandra Tolleson, Mrs. Kay Ro
well, Mrs. Mildred Newberry,
Mrs. Colleen Nunn, Mrs. Delphen
Gladfelter, Mrs, Jackie Beeland,
Mrs. Frances Worrall, Mrs. Em
ily Montgomery, Mrs. Joy Click,
Janet Gomlo, Susie O’Neil, Lau
ra Whipple, Lane Fendley, Holly
Gladfelder, Ann Sullivan, Julie
Click, Debra McCown, Carla
Hackman, Claire Chapman.
4th and sth grades head, Mrs.
Elaine Wright; Mrs. Jackie Mar
shall, Mrs, Bess Bledsoe, Mrs.
Jean Gilbert, Brad Bledsoe, Fe
lix Smith, Diane Lane, Mark
Ethridge.
Guest speaker: Miss Pearl Ed
wards, Mrs. W. E. Marshall,
Mrs. Gupta.
6th grade head, Mrs. Bobbie
Hickson; Dot Whitworth, Jean
Bledsoe, Karen Whitworth.
Guest speakers: Miss Irene
Baird, Mr, Tom Daniels, Miss
Pearl Edwards, Larry Walker,
Mrs. P. C. Lawson.
Refreshments, Mrs. Betty Tal
ton; Mark Pace, Gary Beavers,
Larry Beavers, Bobby Tallon.
Errands, Mo Wright.
Friday evening there will be a
family picnic in the Fellowship
Hall. Supper will start at 6:30.
After the meal parents may view
projects and other accomplish
ments of their children’s week
in Vacation Bible School.
Pabst Photos
Inside
Baptists Enroll
312 at School
The Vacation Bible School at
the First Baptist Church opened
Monday morning and by Tuesday
morning had a total enrollment
of 312, including 120 boys, 12!)
girls and 63 faculty members.
The school continued through
Friday from 8:30 to 11:30 a. m.
Principal. Rev. Dan Hodges;
music director, Tommy Storey;
pianist, Mrs. Tommy Storey; sec
retary, Mrs. C. D. Leverette.
Nursery Dept. —■ Mrs. L. B.
Moody, Mrs, Virginia Nadeau,
Mrs. Paul Armitage, Mrs. Mary
Ann Huckleby, Mrs. Louise Las
siter, Mrs. Joan Watwood, Mrs.
Anne Reese, Mrs. Jane Beckham,
Mrs. Claire Beckham, Mrs. Syl
via Grimes, Miss Jeanie Moody,
Miss Debbie Hoolen, Miss Betty
Hancock, Miss Martha Holland.
Beginner Dept., 4 yr. Mrs.
Gene Lane, Mrs. Stewart Blood
worth, Miss Patty Peyton, Miss
Nancy Beatty, Miss Debbie Park
inson; 5 yr.—Mrs. Anne Chastain,
Mrs. Margaret Jackson, Mrs.
Sandra Jones, Mrs. Nelda Griz
zard, Mrs. Marilyn Hooten, Mrs.
Laßue Irwin, Miss Becky Hool
en, Miss Dianne Mayo.
Primary Dept., 6 pr. Mrs.
Shirley Rogers, Mrs. June Meeks,
Mrs, Gwen Franks, Mrs. Lois
Gibson, Miss Judy Bacon; 7 yr.—
Mrs. Theima Flournoy, Mrs.
Franklin Langston, Mrs. Louise
Youngblood, Miss Annette Trigg,
Miss Barbara Flournoy, Miss
Sandra Flournoy, Miss Gay
Bumpus, Misses Brenda and Lin
da Oldham: 8 yr.—Mrs. M. M.
Cloud, Mrs. Pal Buice, Mrs. Jess
Willard. Miss Judy Andcl. Miss
Sara Williamson,
Junior Dept., 9-10 yr. Mrs.
Polly Roads, Mrs. Dot Hardy,
Mrs. Bertie Riner, Mrs. Mary
Nelson, Mrs. Gloria Cassey, Mrs.
Eloise Rush, Mrs. Ouida Turner.
Mrs. Marian Stubbs, Miss Ethel
Duggan; 11 yr.—Mrs. Belly Park
inson, Mrs, Bobbie Eason, Tom
my Storey, Don Parkinson, Mr.
Eason, Mr. Hodges; 12 yr.
Mrs. Charlie Culpepper, Mrs.
Beltilu Hodges, Mrs. Joe Lever
etle, Mrs. Anna Pritchett, W. H.
Whitten.
U. 5. 41 NORTH
CONTRACT LET
The apparent low bid for
resurfacing U. S. 41 North for
14 miles from Perry to Ga.
Route 49 was received by the
State Highway Department last
Friday.
The low bid was submitted by
Claussen-Lawrence Const. Co.
of Augusta, which bid *153,663
on the project.
Work is expected to begin
soon, beginning at North Ave.
in Perry and extending to Ga.
Route 49 at Echeconnee.
James C. Windham, president
of the Pabst Brewing Company,
dug the first shovel of earth in
groundbreaking ceremonies for
the *4O million Pabst plant here
Tuesday morning.
The 800,000 square foot plant,
[ when completed in the summer of
I 1970, will be among the most
. modern breweries in America.
Designed to serve the fast-grow
i ing Southeast market, it will
have an annual capacity of
1,500,000 barrels.
Windham said that Pabst chose
its new site located six miles
east of Perry in Houston County
because Houston County has an
• abundant supply of the finest
artesian well water to be found
in the South. Prom its now plant,
Pabst will service the burgeon
i ing North Carolina, South Caro
. lina, Georgia, Florida, Missis
sippi, Alabama, Virginia, and
Eastern Louisiana markets.
Good Transportation
“Houston County,” he said,
“which enjoys a year round
favorable climate, has abundant
labor supply.” He cited the
1 excellent transportation facili
ties. For example. Perry, is
serviced by the Georgia, South
■ ern, and Florida division of the
' Southern Railway System and
is six miles from the 1-75 ex
pressway.
The now brewery is being
constructed on a wooded 700
acre tract. Lockwood, Greene
; Engineers, Inc., New York, New
, York, are the architects. Wide
man and Singleton, Atlanta en
, e'neers, are assisting on the
project.
Pabst has thought out every
, construction detail. Visitors ar
riving at the completed brewery
will be greeted by what appears
, to be a dramatic pool containing
a series of fountains. The pool
actually contains a 200,000 gal
lon reservoir, a modern fire fight
ing system.
To Use Georgia Brick
The building itself is of famed
I Georgia brick produced locally.
■ Tne completed brewery will con
’ tain an administration building,
manufacturing and warehousing
■ units, a bottle shop, rail and
truck loading facilities, a fer
menter and storage unit, a power
house, a brew house, and a grain
silo. These will be one or two
story units. The brew house
will be four stories high.
Windham pointed out that
the completed brewery will be
a real addition to mid-Georgia’s
economy. Pabst has not sought
additional financing to construct
the new brewery. Construction
funds have been generated in
ternally by the company.
Approximately 20 acres of the
700 acquired by Pabst will be
occupied by the brewery. There
are approximately two miles of
railroad siding servicing the
new area. There will be parking
facilities for 500 cars.
Earlier this year Pabst com
pleted a major addition to its
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Milwaukee brewery. Expansion
is currently underway at the
Peoria Heights unit with a
spring, 1969, completion date.
Pabst also has plants in New
ark and Los Angeles.
The brewery is among the
fastest growing in America. In
1967 Pabst’s sales of beer
reached record figures of
10,123,500 barrels. This year,
the largest in the company’s
history, represented an increase
of over 1,000,000 barrels from
the previous year. Pabst, which
does not report quarterly figures,
enjoyed excellent sales for the
first quarter of 1968.
At the ground-breaking cere
mony, President Windham was
the principal speaker. Welcom
ing Pabst to Perry, Houston
County and Georgia were State
Revenue Commissioner Peyton
Hawes, State Senator Stanley E.
Smith,County Commission Chair
man H. C. Talton Jr. and Mayor
Richard B. Ray.
Rev. William Slender, pastor
of the Lutheran Mission in Perry,
delivered the invocation prior
to the serving of the Georgia
barbecue by Pabst.
Two mammoth tents were
provided at the plant site, one
for the ceremonies and the other
f for the barbecue. A four-piece
combo provided music for the
, occasion.
At a press conference Mondaj
• morning at Holiday Inn, Mr.
i Windham disclosed that a can
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> plant will be erected adjacent
s to the brewery. He said the
1 figure of 400 to 500 persons to
• be employed included the can
• plant.
He said the grading contract
' has been let and will be started
1 in 60 days, to be followed by
r laying of the foundations.
r
, Mr. Windham said Pabst will
i use the southern portion of the
i 700-acre site for a garden-type
i tourist attraction, hut plans for
i this project have not been com
■ pleted. Plant tours will be con
ducted.
The Pabst president appeared
before the Perry Rotary Club
at the New Perry Hotel at noon
Monday for an off-the-record,
informal talk.
i
] Scholarship Won
r By Cathy Arnold
r Cathy Arnold of Perry, a stu
t dent at Georgia Southern Col
r is one of four students having
i been awarded a traineeship for
the 1968-69 academic year. This
j stipend pays S9OO in addition to
» free tuition.
r Cathy is an Elementary Edu
» cation major at Georgia Southern.
. She is the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Charles S. Arnold of 1410
Main Street, Perry,
y Cathy will become qualified
’. to teach and train handicapped
n children and youth