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A Prize-Winning Newspaper Better Newspaper VOL. 98 NO. 29 N 3 ’ ’P s/* h s s Jams ',. 4 11 i i ■'■'l K | «»i|t .* JSh^P Perry's Champion Tomato Grower Raymond Gornto shows his prize 3 pound 10 ounce tomato compared to average sized, local grown tomato. He grew the giant red in his backyard garden at 1703 Northside Drive. The big tomato measured 19 inches in diameter. Gornto also grew a 37 inch long chefina squash. The Home Journal did some research and couldn't find any record of a larger tomato ever being grown here. (Home Journal Photo). Another Tie Develops In Junior 801 l League BY MO WRIGHT LEAGUE STANDINGS As of July 13, 1968 Won Lost Beavers Ins 9 2 Andrew-McLendon 9 2 Lions 6 5 Tolleson 4 7 Super Foods 3 9 Kiwanis 2 9 Home run hitters: Earl Brown, Beavers Ins., 4; Kevin Sorrells, Beavers Ins., 4; Charles Hardy, Super Foods, 2; Hugh Irvin, Lions 2. The following boys have hit one homer each: Chip Edle ||n, Tolleson: Darrell Etheridge. Kiwanis; Seabie Hickson, Beav ers Ins.: Doug Rembisz, Kiwan -1S; Kicky Smith, Super Foods. July 9, 1968 n R H E Beavers Ins 6 6 1 Tolleson 16 0 Leading hitters: Beavers Ins., onells 2 for 2; Hickson 2 for 3. tolleson. Edleson 2 for 3; T. Wil l'd 2 for 3. Winning pitcher Jay Kirk Losing pitcher, Chip Edleson. IQ ? ame scheduled for July 9. twi, was rained out and played °n July 11. 1968 R H E Andrew-McLendon 7 5 0 1 kiwanis 0 13 Leading hitters; Andrew-Mc- Moreland 2 for 4. Kiwan er l,f y 1 for 2 Winnin g pitch •Vlark Cunningham, with a 1 Perry’s 850 Motel Rooms Boost Economy BY BOBBY BRANCH mrT l 8 lncreas ing number of n ' and fouiist-related busi ,v '" s nas ™de tourism by far >!est single industry here, one n now bas motels and room. • With more than 850 to »‘.l IVa ‘ lable so tourists. All busir . there are more tban 60 Portin' 88 here tbat Kef some w? of the tourißt da Uar. Geomr ' B j a . vital industry in ry’s ' dm ' tbe nujleus of Per y 8 ec °"nmic life. highTnT reache d an all time lion *“ Ge ° rgia in 1967. Vaca- Georgr lon trav ellers in million . 6nt a record $570 -7 ir* r 30 million people Georg ni: ion vacation trips in more u .’ Bt year - Georgia got the rti ' dollarß tban an y of the p ' southern states with • ,XCe Ption of Florida. hitter; Losing pitcher Duane Murphy. July 12, 1968 R H E Lions 15 8 6 Kiwanis 8 5 3 Leading hitters: Lions, Irwin 3 for 5; Wright 2 for 4. Kiwanis. Murphy 1 for 2, Roper 1 for 3. Winning pitcher Bob Bledsoe. Lo sing pitcher Bob Brown. July 12, 1968 R H E Super Foods 8 6 3 Tolleson 2 4 2 Leading hitters; Super Foods, Hardy 2 for 3, Bramblett 1 for 2. Tolleson. Brown 2 for 2, T. Wil ard 1 for 3. Winning pitcher Tim Bramblett. Losing pitcher Ricky Mattox. July 13, 1968 Make up games for the 10th of July R H E Lions 5 3 2 Super Foods 3 6 1 Leading hitters; Lions. Reaves 2 for 3; Irwin 1 for 4. Super Foods, Bramblett 2 for 3; Smith 1 for 4. Winning pitcher. Scott Oster. Losing pitcher. Charles Hardy. Hugh Irwin hit a home run in the first inning for the Lions. R H E Andrew-McLendon 9 6 2 Beavers Ins 12 2 Leading hitters: Andre w-Mc , Lendon, Mattox 3 for 3; Cunning- The tourist committee of the Perry Chamber of Commerce has done much to promote Perry to tourists. Over the past few years, since Interstate 75 o pened through here, the tourist committee has spent more than $40,000 on advertising. Most of this advertising money has gone for page ads in the AAA South eastern Tour Guide book and for billboards. All of the advertis ing has promoted Perry to tour ists everywhere. A survey has shown the two major reasons tourists stop in Perry is because of the AAA advertising and be cause they have been here be fore. The tourist committee is made of a group of motel owners here who are greatly concerned about the tourist industry and keep m touch with all phases of the fast changing industry. Not all mo The Houston Hone Journal MOVE AWAITED IN INTEGRATION COURT PETITION David P. Hulbert, attorney for the Houston County Board of Education, said Wednesday that the board has not received any new information following this county’s rejection of a pe tition by Negro plaintiffs for more speed in school integra tion. Negro plaintiffs asked the federal court in Macon to re quire the Houston board of ed ucation to come up with a plan to reassign students to bring about a better balance of races in the schools. Attorneys for the Negroes asked the court to require the plan by July 15, which was last Monday. The court has not issued any order on the petition. The boards of education of Houston and Bibb counties is sued similar denials of the pe titions of the plaintiffs, saying that the “freedom <*f choice” plan was working well in both counties. Houston County schools are scheduled to open Sept. 3. Swimming Classes Swimming classes sponsored by the Houston Farm Bureau will begin next Monday, July 22, and continue through Aug. 2. ham 3 for 4. Beavers Ins. Irwin 1 for 1; Sorrell 1 for 3. Winning pitcher Matt Mattox. Losing pitcher, Earl Brown. tels in Perry are members of this committee. Some have chosen not to join for one reason or another, but everyone in Perry benefits from the advertising done by the tourist committee. Wendell Whipple, local insur ance man, is the head of the tourist committee. He has been ■ off and on the committee since it began and it has been said • that no other person can run the • tourist committee like he does. Whipple has no business interest in any of the motels here; he heads the committee strictly • on a voluntary basis. The tourist committee is now making plans to run a fuM page advertisement in the publication ■ of the National Camellia Society. ■ They will hold their national i convention here in November. - More than 400 delegates of the - society are expected to journey PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY, GA. 31069, THURSDAY, JULY 18, 1968 NEWCOMERS Newcomers reported to the Perry Chamber of Commerce as of July 16 included: Mr. and Mrs. Melvin M. Meeks Sr., 904 Kings Chapel Road. Mr. and Mrs. John Wilson, < 1513 Windsor Road. Mr. and Mrs. Sammie Barn hill, 503 Stanley. Sgt. and Mrs. William R. Mcßride, 705 Rutherford. TOM ANDERSON WILL BE HERE NIGHT OF AUG. 3 A group of Houston County citizens are sponsoring the ap pearance of Tom Anderson of Nashville, Tenn., editor of The Georgia Farmer and several other Southern farm papers, in Perry Saturday, Aug. 3. A crowd of more than 2,000 is expected for the address of the outspoken editor and speak er, and a barbecue to follow. Tickets to the barbecue are for sale at several places in downtown Perry. The price is $1.25. The mass meeting will be held at the Perry Athletic Field at 7 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 3. Coming Events The Perry Assembly-Order of the Rainbow for girls will hold a family picnic on July 20, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Bragg, with swimming at 2 p.m. and eating at 5 p.m. Each family please bring your own lunch and drink. Plates, napkins and forks will be pro vided. An informal dinner-dance will be held Saturday night, July 20 at Houston Lake Coun try Club for members and guests. Reservations must be made with the club manager. Youth Commitment Week is scheduled at the Perry United Methodist Church July 21 through July 26. Rev. Dick Reese will be the speaker each night. The youths will make a trip to Six Flags Over Georgia during the week. The Men of the Church of the Perry Presbyterian Church will have a supper meeting at the youth center at 7:30 p.m. today. The Presbyterian Sunday School picnic will be held July 25 at the Perry Country Club. The Summer Workshop of the Middle Georgia Chapter, Ikeba na International is to be held at the home of Mrs. R. L. Roper at 1110 Third Street in Perry, Thursday, July 18, and is scheduled to begin at 7:30 p.m. Town and County Home E conomics will hold their annual family picnic at the Agricultur al Building Thursday, July 18 at 8 p.m. The Bykota Home Economics Club will have a family picnic Thursday July 18 at Ochlahat chee Clubhouse at 7 p.m. Swim ming at 5:30 p.m. Call 987-1823 for print ing. to Perry from all over the U.S. to attend the convention. Another aspect of the tourist industry here which has gone virtually unnoticed for the past two years, is the booming camp ing and overnighter tourists who travel with a trailer or a tent. Perry now has two camping trail er parks which will accommodate from 80 to 100 camping families a night. Camping and travel trail ers are fast becoming one of the biggest businesses in the tourist industry and Perry is getting a fair share of the trailer travel lers. Furman Ciiett, executive vice president of the Chamber of Commerce, is very optimistic about Perry’s future share of the growing tourist industry in Geor gia. “There’s no doubt about it, Perry gets her share of the tour » f * Perry Kiwanis Club Team of Jr. League Front row, I. to r., Johnny Tucker, Pat Haney, Buddy Roper, John Pierce, Ed Chapman, Bill Richardson, Leon ard Barrett, Van Gladfelter. Back row, I. to r., Coach Billy Heavy Rains and Winds Rake Houston County A torrential rain reported to be 4 inches in 2 hours blew out Sandefur Rond near Houston Lake Country Club Wednesday night, July 21, and broke a golf course bridge away from its moorings. County forces repaired the 50-foot gaping hole in Sandefur on Friday and Saturday and traffic was allowed to use it Saturday afternoon. Houston Lake Country Club officials will repair the bridge on the No. 3 hole as soon as possible. Water backed up against Sandefur Road at the bottom just west of Beaver Creek Primitive Baptist Church. When the road went out, the water rushed straight toward the golf course bridge and knocked out the bridge. Golfers use the bridge on No. 9 to get to the No. 3 green. Sonny Watson, clerk of the county commissioners, said a larger pipe under Sandefur Road was installed so the situation should not arise again. Other sections of Houston County got a heavy rain that night but the section around Houston Lake and northward got a veritable flood from a bout 7:30 to 9:30 that night. No other serious flooding was re ported in the county. Bids Are Asked On School Jobs The Houston County Board of Education yesterday an nounced that bids will be re ceived Aug. 13 on construction of additions to Lindsey and Shirley Hills schools and a gymnasium at Tabor Junior High School, all of Warner Ro bins. Bidding documents can be - obtained from Architect W. P. Thompson Jr., Macon, Bids will be opened at 2 p.m, Aug. 13 at the Board of Education office lit. Porrv ist dollar now and when 1-75 is completed the traffic will double or even triple through here,’* Cliett said. “I think the potential and op portunities for tourist-related businesses in Perry is tremen dous and I think we are going to see more and more of them as . time goes by,” he said. The tourist committee has . done more than any other group to help promote Perry’s tourist industry and they have plans for doing more of the same in the future. We all owe the members of the tourist committee and Wen dell Whipple a great deal. Their advertising and promotions for Perry has benefitted us all in many ways. Miss Mary Fudge of Jackson, Miss,, spent last week with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Fudge. A small tornado touched down Monday night in the Lake Joy community, causing minor damage to trees and power lines. The tornado, which last ed about 20 seconds, swept across a large portion of land near the north side of the lake Monday night about 10 o’clock. “I heard a loud blowing noise and then we fell every thing shake for a few seconds and then it was all over. It left limbs all over the place when it was over,” a Lake Joy resi dent said. A portion of the tornado evi dently touched down near Hous ton Lake as high winds des troyed several trees and a pow er line on the Houston Lake Golf Course Monday night. The only serious damage re ported was a large limb that blew over onto a parked auto mobile at the home of W. E. Bloodworth. HAYNEVILLE SINGING SATURDAY NIGHT The public is invited to a singing at the Hayneville First Baptist Church, Saturday, July 20, at 7:30 p.m. The singers will be the Laymen of Warner Robins, the Moody Family of Warner Robins, and the Harper Family of Hayneville. jCfßKpt^.-L.«Mp«Ber' fflfekk* _ ■■PiH^ilK|»V^t^:-^ J .'. •. : . r % .>?,. | ;t f *% .:</*.-y ■' 'M&W* l What a Hangover This Sign Must Have Had? Residents in the area of the corner of Moreland and Baker Streets were startled to see this stop sign about 20 feet off the ground when they woke up last Saturday morning. This 4-way stop sign was changed by some vandal to a 3-way stop and set up a dangerous situation. (Home Journal Photo). Barrett, Dwayne Murphy, Jim O'Neal, Bobby Brown Ro« To I leson, Derrell Etheridge, Douo Rembisz Coach Jim Smallwood. (Home Journal Photo). m County Commissioners Study Recreation Plans The Houston County com missioners Tuesday moved a step nearer to entering a coun tywide recreation program. Claude Lewis, director of recreation for the city of War ner Robins, and John Davis, executive director of the Geor gia Recreation Commission, presented a general plan for launching a recreation program on a counlywide basis. The commissioners showed a strong interest in the program and indicated that the school grounds might be used on a year-around basis. The commissioners voted to charge individuals $1 per load for dirt, if the individual sends the truck to the dirt pit. Com mercial firms would not be served on this basis. In view of the fact that the breaking of Sandefur Road caused damage to the bridge on the golf course at Houston Luke Country Club, the commission ers voted to assist in the re pair of the golf course bridge. 10c PER COPY SIXTEEN PAGES TWO SECTIONS ESTABLISHED 1870 A beer license wub issued to W. Y. Cooper, Holiday Food Store, near Warner Robins. Public Work Camp To Be Integrated Houston County received a federal court order Tuesday re quiring that all prisons must be desegregated effective Jan. 1, 1969. The federal court order ap plies to all prisons and prison camps in the country. The Houston County public work camp has only Negro prisoners. Under the new court order, the State Department of Corrections is required to as sign prisoners to camps without regard to race. , Miss Juli Bush, Miss Anita Kay and Miss Rita Camey spent Saturday and Sunday at Calla way Gardens.