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®A Prize-Winning Newspaper Better Newspaper Contests 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. mt zj" - . ~*\. v 'w jl "Wi/-.. 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 Ml MS Vfgr'-- (ftm&i' t . B Bp* * \ ' wBK* ' HE *t\ *i •■’ ah ■ v- ■ ’ ■s? Pabst President Turns First Spade Bulldozer to Take Up Where He Stops. 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 10c PER COPY SIXTEEN PAGES TWO SECTIONS ESTABLISHED 1870 > 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