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VOL. 98 NO. 30
Perry Super Foods Team of Junior League
Front row, I. to r Jay Ragland, Gary Giles, Bud
Ogletree, John Arnall, Gary Conway, Ben Smith, Johnny
McCarty, Steven Tidwell. Back row, I. to r.. Manager
Lions Club Team of Junior League
Front row, I. to r., Keith Roughton, Len Taylor,
Bucky Howe, Chuck Combs, Jeff Vogt, Edwin Ellis, Lee
Bledsoe, Jess Wright. Back row, 1. to r.. Manager David
Houston County’s Traffic Deaths
Reduced by One-Half During 1967
JUNIOR BASEBALL LEAGUE
BY MO WRIGHT
LEAGUE STANDINGS
As of July 19, 1968
W L
Betters Ins 11 2
Andrew -McLendon 10 3
Lion n o =
T , o 3
•olieson 5 g
Su !>er Foods .. 3 11
“'■-ms 2 n
ilue to an oversight of the
a name should be added
he home run list. Eddie
1 of Tolleson, hit a home
on July 2, We are proud
1 his name to the list.
* July 17, 1968
R H E
Andrew -McLendon 7 5 3
wons 8 8 5
' Ming hitters: Andrew-Mc
m Moreland 2 for 4, Mat
tor 3. Lions, Wright 3 for
■mbs 2 tor 3. Winning pitch
-1 ott Oster. Losing pitcher,
Mattox. Randy Murphy of
'■'■McLendon, knocked a
■an in the 3rd inning of
[ he 'lame.
Beavers Ins 4
Kl *anis 0
J;- 1 ' game was forfeited in the
ca ‘ ‘”' ng due to injury of the
13, 1968 make up game
for -’uly 16, 1968.
c llf) „ R H E
S er p oods 0 1 0
■am ew-McLendon 1 4 l
t,-, J * m g hitters: Super Foods,
fj/ 1 1 i° r 3. Andrew-McLen
har. ■\° reland 2 f or 3, Cunning
®\k ‘. “ r , for 3. Winning pitcher,
e K.,, L’unningham. Losing pit-
Tim Bramblett.
R H E
Lions 4 6 1
Tolleson 3 3 1
Leading hitters: Lions. Irwin
2 for 4. Wright 1 for 3. Tolleson
Ricky Mattox 1 for 3. Winning
pitcher. Bob Bledsoe. Losing pit
cher. Chip Edleson.
July 19, 1968
R H E
Kiwanis 4 6 4
Tolleson 6 4 2
Leading hitters: Tolleson. Ed
leson 2 for 2. Eddie Brown 1 for
3. Kiwanis, Moody 2 for 3. Eth
eridge 1 for 2. Winning pitcher.
Dale Willard. Losing pitcher. Du
ane Murphy.
R H E
Beavers Ins H 6 2
Super Foods 7 7 2
Leading hitters: Beavers Ins.,
Earl Brown 3 for 4: Kirk 1 for
3. Super Foods. Smith 3 for 4.
Mullins 1 for 2, Winning pitcher.
Earl Brown. Losing pitcher.
Charles Hardy,
PERRY KIWANIS
CLAIMS A 'FIRST'
The Perry Kiwanis Club last
week accomplished a feat which
is believed to be a “first in al’
of Kiwanis International, when
local Kiwanians visited six clubs
in the Fifth Division in one
week.
Under the leadership of Wen
dell Whipple, chairman of the
Interclub Committee of the local
club, 30 Kiwanians visited Amer
icas, Vienna, Montezuma. Rey
nolds, Cordele and Fort Valley
during last week.
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The Houston Home Journal
PERRY. HOUSTON COUNTY, GA. 31069. THURSDAY, JUI Y 25, IS6B
Larry Walker, Charles Hardy, Ricky Smith, Johnny
Moore, Bailey Pryor, Walter Mullins, Tim Bramblett,
Tommy Allen and Tom Daniel, Manager. (Home Journal
Photo).
Walker, Scott Oster, Hugh Irwin, Buddy Reeves, Bob
Bledsoe, Bobby Warner, Jackson Estes, Bobby Merritt,
Lewis Bledsoe, Manager. (Home Journal Photo).
Traffic deaths in Houston
County were reduced by more
than one half in 1967 as com
pared with 1966, the annual re
port of the Georgia Department
of Public Safety reported.
Ten persons lost their lives
in accidents in this county in
1967, the report shows, as com
pared with 21 fatalities in 1966.
Traffic injuries in 1967
dropped to 248 from the 255 re
corded in 1966 and the number
of accidents dropped to 392, as
compared with 462 in 1966.
The report shows that 282
persons have died in traffic
accidents in Houston County
during the 30 years from 1937
through 1967.
A total of 76,790 accidents
were reported in Georgia during
the year 1967-87 accidents
per hour or 2,103 a day.
These accidents killed 1,614
persons and injured 25,908.
Fourteen per cent of the dri
vers involved in fatal accidents
in 1967 in Georgia were teen
agers.
Drinking was a contributing
factor in 5,396 accidents.
Speed caused 11,291 acci
dents.
Elko Once Thriving Town;
Need a School Bus?
Do you need o school bus? The Houston County Board
of Education is selling a bunch of school buses. See the ad
inside.
Elko was once a thriving community in the lower sectior
of Houston County. Bobby Branch took his camera on a visil
to the Elko of 1968 and records his visit, inside this week.
There’s always good “reader traffic" in The Home
Journal, from the front page to the last page.
Perry Passed
1967 Without
Traffic Death
Perry ranked sixth among
the 26 Georgia Cities between
5,000 and 10,000 population
which had no traffic deaths
during 1967.
The figures came from the
annual report of the Georgia
Department of Public Safety.
Perry had three deaths in
1966, so the zero figure for
1967 moved Perry up the ratings
for cities of this size. Perry
was one of seven cities in this
population which had no traffic
deaths in 1967.
In the last six years, seven
persons have died in traffic
deaths in the city limits of Per
ry-
Fort Valley, which went three
straight years without having
a traffic death, reported two
deaths in 1967 and ranked 18th.
Thomaston rated No. 1 in this
group, having only one death
in the last six years. Vidalia
was last in the 26 cities, hav
ing six deaths in 1967 alone.
Fire Insurance Rates Cut
For City Property Owners
Coming Events
The 3 L’s Home Economics
Club will hold its monthly meet
ing Aug. 1 at Agricultural Build
ing at 10 a.m.
The Perry Assembly-Order of
the Rainbow for Girls will meet
on Thursday, July 25, at 7:30
p.m. at the Masonic Lodge Hall.
Perry’s Mayor and Council
will meet at 7:30 p.m. Friday,
July 26, at City Hall.
Youths participating in the
Summer Program at the Perry
United Methodist Church will
go to see “Six Flags Over
Georgia” in Atlanta Friday.
Miss Marcia Edwards, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Ed
wards of Perry, has completed
her sth year graduate school in
social work at the University of
North Carolina.
Alpha Beta Tri-Hi-Y will have
a car wash Saturday, July 27, at
Gray’s Pure Station. The charge
is *1.25 per car, and there will
be pick-up and delivery service.
Mr. and Mrs. Billy O’Dell of ■
Carbon Hill, Ala., announce the
birth of a daughter, Patricia
Leigh, on Tuesday, June 25, at
the Peoples Hospital in Jasper,
Ala. Grandparents are Mr. and
Mrs. Lewis Jacobs of Perry.
Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy F. Stokes,
Elko Road, Perry, announce the
birth of a son, Jeffry McGrady,
on Saturday, July 20, 1968, at
the Macon Hospital. Paternal
grandparents are Mr. and Mrs.
Fred L. Stokes, Perry and mater
nal grandparents are Mrs. F. Mar
ion Greene Jr., and the late Mr.
Greene of Perry.
Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Clark an
nounces the birth of a daughter,
bom Wednesday July 24, 1968 at
Peach County Hospital.
Houston County Hospital
Audrey Davis admitted.
Jake Little dismissed.
Thela Walker dismissed.
Peoch County Hospital
Curtis Fountain dismissed.
Mattie Berry admitted.
June Crutchfield admitted.
Ruby Allen dismissed.
Francis Manship dismissed.
May Mendenhall dismissed.
Joe McKenzie dismissed.
Charlotte Washington dismissed.
Kenneth Sutton admitted.
Marjorie Wells admitted.
Jack Bower dismissed.
Stanley English admitted.
Leila Batchelor admitted.
Aubrey Davis dismissed.
James Mitchell admitted.
Lynn Brannon admitted.
A. J. Bennett admitted.
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Perry Loan and Savings
Named 'Bank of Perry’
On August 1. The Bank of Per
ry will begin its 80th year of
operation in serving the banking
needs of the citizens and institu
tions of Perry and Houston Coun
ty. But this will be the first day
of such operation under the new
name, “The Bank of Perry”.
For seventy-nine years this in
stitution has done business as
"Perry Loan and Savings Bank”,
and according to information is
sued to all its depositors and
customers, it will still answer to
the old name until such time as
“The Bank of Perry" becomes
firmly imbedded in their com
Armitage Named
Juvenile Judge
Paul Armitage, judge of
State Court of Houston County,
was appointed as judge of the
new Juvenile Court of Houston
County, effective July 17.
Judge Armitage was appoint
by the three judges of the Su
perior Courts of the Macon Ju
dicial Circuit. He will serve
as judge of both courts—the
State Court and Juvenile Court.
Judge Armitage receives a
salary of $14,000 as judge of
the State Court and will recSive
an additional *4,000 as presid
ing officer of the Juvenile
Court.
The Houston County Juvenile
Court was created by an Act
of the Georgia General Assem
bly in its last session which
was concluded in March. The
juvenile court was created after
two successive grand juries
recommended its establishment.
Judge Armitage, a native of
Bowling Green, Ky., is a gradu
ate of Mercer University. He
practices law in Perry before
he was appointed by Gov. Sand
ers on Jan. 10, 1967, to be
judge of the State Court of
Houston County, which meets
at Warner Robins.
Reeser Succeeds
Paul Hardy Here
Donald W. Reeser, a five-year
employee of Dixie Lime and
Stone Company, will assume the
responsibility of plant superin- ,
tendent at Perry on August I.
In announcing the appointment,
Dixie President W. M. Palmer,
Jr. stated, “Don Reeser is a
capable young man who has de
monstrated a willingness to work
hard and learn. His five years’
service with Dixie have been
marked by steady advancement
through successful performance.
He has prepared himself for this
important assignment and I’m
confident the Perry operations
will continue to progress under
his guidance.”
Mr. Reeser has frequently been
called on to assume greater re
sponsibility since he joined
Dixie in August 1963 as a scale
man at the Reddick, Fla. Pit.
In October, 1964, he took over
the office duties for the Sumter
ville, Mabel and St. Catherine
road material operations, and
three months later moved into the
field as shipping foreman at
Sumterville. When construction
begun on the Sumterville Quick
lime Plant, he was called on to
serve as a construction foreman.
After the lime plant went into
operation, and during the con
struction phase of the adjoining
industrial products plant, he
stayed on as lime plant foreman.
When J. J. Piermatteo was em
ployed as Lime and I. P. Plant
Superintendent in April 1967,
Mr. Reeser became assistant Su
perintendent; he served in that
capacity until his transfer to
Perry in May of this year.
Mr. Reeser replaces Paul Har
dy, who retires on August 1 after
mercial banking habits and
transactions.
The officers and directors of
the bank have considered this
change for several months, and
are most happy with the name
selected, and the co-operative ac
ceptance of it by customers, em
ployees, State Bankling officials,
and all concerned.
For customers, continuing to
use present supplies of forms
having the old name, officials
give assurance that acceptance
of such usage will be automatic,
and that new supplies will con
tain the new name—“ The Bank
of Perry”.
PAUL ARMITAGE
His term as juvenile court
judge will run six years from
July 17, 1968.
The clerk of the new juvenile
court will be Tommie S. Hunt,
clerk of the Superior Court of
Houston County. Mrs. Lois Athon
has been appointed a special
clerk of juvenile court.
Hearings will be held at both
Perry and Warner Robins.
serving 23 years as superinten
dent at Perry.
Miss Mnybelle Tabor, student
at Georgia College at Milledge
ville, spent the weekend with
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph
Tabor.
Paul Hardy to Retire
As Boss at Dixie Lime
August 1 marks the end of a
long and successful career with
Dixie Lime and Stone Company
for Paul Hardy, Plant Superinten
dent at Perry.
Beginning on August 24, 1945,
soon after the plant reopened
following World War 11, Mr. Hardy
took over the reins at the Perry
Plant and held on to them for
23 years.
“Paul Hardy has been a loyal
and valuable employee to our
company,” according to Dixie
President W. M. Palmer, Jr.
“Perry has always oeen a well
run and profitable operation. As
Plant Superintendent, Paul de
serves most of the credit.”
Paul was no stranger to lime- ]
rock mining, even 23 years ago.
“I was working in Inverness,
Fla. for Camp Concrete Rock
Company, he stated just prior to
his retirement, “when W. M. Pal
mer, Sr. contracted me and asked
if I would consider going to Per
ry, as superintendent on a trial
basis. I accepted and I guess 1
did all right because I’ve been
here ever since.”
The Perry operations began in
1927, as Georgia Limerock Cor
poration, producing road material;
the product line was changed in
the late 30’s to high-calcium ag
rigultural lime. The operation
has continued to serve the South
and Central Georgia agricultural
market since that time. It was
one of the five companies that
merged to become Dixie Lime and
Stone Company in 1963.
When Mr. Hardy arrived in
Perry in 1945, A. C. Cobb, one
of the originators of the company,
was running the operation. When
Paul took over the plant, Mr.
Cobb stayed on as general mana
ger until his death in 1947.
“I was born in Winder, Geor
gia,” Paul said, “but my parent®
moved to Florida when I was
quite young. When Mr. Palmer
asked me to go back to Georgia,
I was a little reluctant to go be
cause 1 didn’t think I would like
it here. Well, now you couldn’t
budge me away from Perry with
a case of that dynamite we use
to shoot the rock out there. My
family and I Have adopted Perry
as home, and this is where I’ll
spend the rest of my days.”
10c PER COPY
TWENTY-FOUR PACES
THREE SECTIONS
ESTABLISHED 1870
Average Saving
Os SB-$lO Year
On Local Homes
Perry’s public fire protection
has been improved so that fire
insurance rales can be reduced
effective Sept. 1, and Perry
home owners should save an av
erage of $8 to $lO a year.
A local agent advised The
Home Journal that the policy
holders will feel the reduction
first on the anniversary date of
their policy,and that all business
written after July 15 will be fig
ured under the new rate.
Perry moved up from Class 8
to Class 7.
The savings for businesses
will run better than $8 to $lO
a year because their rates are
higher and policies larger, the
local agent said. A new rate for
business places will be set up
after a “Rerate Crew” of the
Georgia Inspection and Rating
Bureau makes on inspection of
each building covered by insur
ance.
Dwellings will be subject to
Class 7 if located within city
limits but over 1,000 feet from a
standard public hydrant.
Improvement of the fire depart
ment and improvement of the
water system in Perry brought
about the better fire role.
It is estimated that Perry
policyholders will enjoy a saving
of about $20,000 a year.
The lowest rates in Georgia are
enjoyed by large cities such as
Atlanta and Macon, which are
Class 3. Fort Valley'/ms Class
6, Warner Robins Class 5, Haw
kinsville Class 7.
Argue with us. Write the
editor.
PAUL HARDY
If Paul has adopted Perry,
Georgia, then it can be said that
Perry has adopted him. He be
longs to the Perry Kiwanis Club,
American Legion, Chamber of
Commerce, V.F.W., and the Per
ry Country Club. For the past
several years, he has served as
chairman of the Houston County
Draft Board and was one of
nineteen men who organized the
First National Bank of Perry.
Jessie, Paul’s charming wife,
is employed by the Air Force at
Warner Robins Air Force Base
near Perry. They have one daugh
ter, who resides in Thomasville,
and are the proud grandparents
of a three and a half year old
grandson named Paul.
Mr. Hardy was honored at a
dinner at the Elks Club in Oca
la, Fla. July 12, when he was
presented a watch by President
W. M. Palmer Jr., president of
Dixie Lime and Stone Co.
Company officials who congra
tulated Mr. Hardy and his wife
were Mr. Palmer, Gerald Martin,
general manager; Mike Hewitt,
personnel manager; Chuck Rick
olt, manager of North Florida and
Georgia limerock division, with
i other employees and their wives.
Mr. Hardy said his hobby has
been working all his life so he
thinks he’ll get himself a job in
Perry and if the Dixie Lime and
Stone Co. calls him in a con
sulting capacity, he’ll be avail
able.