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U—''The Crossroads of Georgia"
VOL. 99 NO. 27
Debra Chapman Named Miss Peach Harvest Festival
Miss Debra Chapman, (center) daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. N. C. Chapman of Perry, was named Miss Harvest
Festival at the Peach Harvest Beauty Revue here Satur
day night. Standing with Miss Chapman are the four
other finalists in the revue. L. to r., Glenda Sue Brown,
Peach Harvest Festival Successful
Perry’s 28 merchants who
promoted the Peach Harvest
Festival last weekend say the
event was successful but that
they will need broader partici
pation fix’ future festivals.
“We consider the Peach Har
•sl Festival was successful
but we will know more about it
after we have a meeting of all
the merchants next Tuesday”,
Billy Ethridge, chairman of the
Merchants Committee, said
yesterday.
I he merchants committee will
ai'et at 10 a.m. next Tuesday
at the Security Federal Huilding
to go over the results of the fes
tival to determine whether the
Promotion was worth the big
effort , Mr. Ethridge said.
Almost every event planned
for the three-day event was suc
cesslul from the standpoint of
crowd interest, with the fire
works display, the sidewalk
s how, the ice cream sale and
and the Peach Harvest Baking
contest leading the list of inte
rest getters.
One of the surprises was the
Participation of tourists in the
nurs of the peach ore ha rds.
•he bus provided by the mer
c nts was filled on all hut one
ri P. with 89 people touring the
«chards on Friday and 50 on
•huisday.
)l^'°, re 100 tourists visited
• County Agricultural Build
-5 night to taste some
e scores of dishes whipped
h y some of the county’s best
°° , • A good number of local
°P e also tasted some of the
m is he s placed on long ta
es. lore than 60 entries were
lt i\ed in the contest.
dai/u l)( >bra Chapman, 18,
ughter of Mr. and Mrs. N. C.
P« aP [ was chosen as “Miss
dav l ? arveßt Festival” Satur
u, She also was named
i,® by the other
11 contestants.
R i' rat ■ runner-up was Miss
un ■, V M^' )per ’ sec °nd runner
**] ISS Glenda Sue Brown;
u ar ,i ' Marshall and Miss
arn ' n ( °hh (Americas) were
m °ng the fi ve f ina Usts.
be a .! Ster of ceremonies of the
String r ! VUe was Miss Kathy
btr ' kland. Miss Perry of 1970.
w ere^lie PP n armg 0n the P ro S ram
irilv! n. 1 Ge ° rgia ° f 1969 - Miss
Debli '. >• e , y: Miss Macon, Miss
Peach n IC * 4 ’ ant * Georgia
Roberta^ Ueen ’ Sharon Jones of
bein'; Perry J aycees staged the
COSE" f ° r the r ' lerChantS
B plli« rade '"eluded floats
Fi rs , \ ' >y t * ie Kellwood Co.,
r National Bank of Perry,
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Ronnie Thompson Visits Peach Harvest Festival
Macon's Mayor Ronnie Thompson (second from right) and Miss Burma
Davis, former Miss Georgia from Warner Robins, were special guests at The
Peach Harvest fireworks display and patriotic program last Thursday night. Stand
ing with the guests are Lewis Meeks, president of the Perry Area Chambr of
Commerce and Joe Pool, projects chairman for the Peach Harvest Festival. About
2,500 Perryans turned out for the fireworks display. (Home Journal Photo).
The Bank of Perry, Tolleson
Lumber Co., the City of Perry,
the Houston County Commis
sioners, the City of Fort Valley,
Flint Electric Membership Corp.
and the Order of DeMolay.
The merchants say that if
they have the festival again
next year that they will be sure
to have plenty of peaches to
sell because the tourists were
crjing to buy them, and could
be sent to only one stand in
town. (Bill Holland did a fine
job at his peach stand).
They also will have a lot
more home-made peach ice cream
because they couldn’t come
close to supplying the demand.
It disappeared as fast as it
could be dipped from the churns.
General chairman of the fes
tival was Lowell Register and
Joe Poole was projects chair
man of the various events.
The chairmen of the events
included Don Parkinson, peach
tours; Emmett Whelchel, produce
sale; Exchange Club, fishing
rodeo; Miss Barbara Jones, art
The Houston Home Journal
OFFICIAL ORGAN HOUSTON COUNTY, CITY OF PERRY, STATE OF GEORGIA
second runner-up; Beverly Roper, first runner-up and
Ouan Marshall and Marilyn Cobb. The beauty revue was
held at the Perry High School gym. (Home Journal
Photo).
show and sale; Redding Tallon
and Dave Coley, barbecue; Moo
dy Mulkey and American Legion,
fireworks display; Peach cook
ing contest and open house,
Mrs. Mildred Warren, Mrs. Helen
B.Sasser and Mrs. Harry Dumas;
Cohen Walker, ice cream sale;
Johnny Lynn, Teen Dance; Andy
Johnson and Jaycees, Peach
parade; A1 Lasseter, Peach
Harvest Golf Classic; Peach
Harvest ["estival Pageant, Bill
Winkis.and Mrs. Clifford Bragg,
fashion show.
Mayor Ronnie Thompson of
Macon gave a stirring patriotic
speech, calling on his audience
to hold fast to the traditions
and ideals that have made
America great.
Mayor Thompson was intro
duced by Lewis Meeks, presi
dent of the Perry Area Chamber
of Commerce.
Burma Ann Davis of Warner
Robins, “Miss Georgia of 1968”,
pleased the audience at the
athletic field with stories of her
experiences as “Miss Georgia”
PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY, GA., 31069 THURSDAY, JULY 3, 1969
last year, when she travelled
100,000 miles and met thousands
of people. She sang two num
bers and led the audience in the
singing of God Bless America.
The men who fired the fire
works display at the athletic
field included James E. Brown,
Jack B. Estes and Harold E.
Estes of Fort Valley, Ken D-
Knight of Perry, M/Sgt. Robert
E. Steele, S/Sgt. Arnold Marion
, and S/Sgt. John A. Somraty of
Robins Air Force Base.
Eddie Causey and Ronnie
Shumate of Warner Robins won
the Peach Harvest Festival
Classic at the Houston Lake
Country Club on Saturday.
The Woman’s Society of
Christian Service of the United
Methodist Church will meet Ju
ly 7 at 3:30 in the fellowship
hall of the church. All women of
the church are invited to attend.
Public Housing Favored
424-145 in Straw Ballot
Appraiser's Value
Is Questioned
A member of the Houston
County tax assessors told the
Houston County Commissioners
Tuesday that the commissioners
are “throwing away the taxpay
ers’ money” by hiring a $30,000
a year appraiser.
Jimmy Rosenburg of Warner
Robins and Commissioner Stew
art Bloodworth had some strong
words, with both saying that
they didn’t trust each other.
Mr. Rosenburg, the tax as
sessor, said the board of five
assessors could do a much bet
ter job than James Norman, an
appraiser, who gets $30,000 a
year from Houston County to
keep up to date the county tax
digest. Mr. Norman also handles
appraisals and tax digest work
for four other counties in Middle
Georgia. He pays his employees
out of the fees he receives from
the counties.
Mr. Rosenburg said he was
“getting tired of putting all the
tax burden on the same folks—
we need to make those who are
not paying anything pay their
fair share of the taxes.” He said
he had found instances of farm
ers having thousands of dollars
worth of cows and machinery
and returning very little for
taxgs.
Chairman H. C. Talton said
he agreed with Mr. Rosenburg
that many businesses and farms
should be inspected personally
by a representative of the coun
ty to see that the tax returns
were made properly and com
pletely.
Mr. Rosenburg asked why the
commissioners didn't let the tax
assessors run their own office
and give them adequate help,
and Mr. Bloodworth said: “Be
cause I don’t trust you.”
“Well, I don’t trust you”,
countered Mr. Rosenburg,” and
1 don’t appreciate that one
bit.”
Mr. Rosenburg then apolo
gized to the chairman of the
commissioners and to Tax Com
missioner Joyce Griffin for his
outburst, and retired from the
commissioners’ room.
Baseball and Chicken
On Tap Here on Fourth
Perryans will have the oppor
tunity to see a douhleheader
baseball game and have a chic
ken fry at the same time July
Fourth.
The new Perry Baseball team
for ages 13, 14 and 15, named
the Cardinals, will play the
Warner Robins Matador team in
a doubleheader tomorrow, the
first game beginning at 1 p.m.
and the second game about 4
p.m.
The chicken fry will be served
from 12 noon to 6 p.m. at Perry
Perry Cardinals, New 73-15 Age Baseball Team
L. to r., first row, Robert Southwell, Dean Bramblett,
Chip Edelton, Mark Shugart, Jerry Barnes, Mo Wright,
Kevin Sorrells, Lynn Bacon and Mark Ethridge. Back
row, I. to r., Donnie Fowler, pitcher-coach; Gil Acosta,
Perry Lions Club
Installs Officers
New officers took over the
direction of the Perry Lion's
Club at their regular meeting
held at the Colonial Restaurant
on July 1.
A large crowd was on hand as
newly installed President Jeems
Hayes directed the activities.
Assisting the president will be
Ernest Sizemore, first vice pres
ident; John Holec, second vice
president; and Sam Urannan,
third vice president. Serving a
gain as secretary will be Forest
Purdom while Hert Edleson is
the newly elected treasurer.
Tail Twister for the coming year
will bo Bob Bailey, and Perl
Sholl will handle the duties of
the Lion Tamer.
Attention of the club was
directed to the coming Carnival
which will be sponsored by the
Lion’s Club again this year.
The Carnival will be held in
Perry beginning July 14 for one
week. The site will be the same
as last year, on U.S. 41 South,
just across the bridge. This
I Carnival is one of the Perry
Lion’s Club’s major fund-rais
ing campaigns each year. Pro
fits derived from the Carnival
are used by the Lions in their
sight conservation program and
for other civic projects of the
club. -
JEEMS HAYES
High School. The chicken plates
will Ixi $1.25 for adults and 75$
for children, and this includes
the price of the baseball game.
The chicken plates will have
“all the fixin’s’’.
Mrs. W. B. Evans and Miss
Martha Cooper spent Friday
and Saturday in Savannah where
Mrs. Evans made final plans for
the Georgia Welfare Association
meeting to Ixj held there this
month.
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MISS CELL TOLLESON
Miss Tolleson
Going to France
On Study Tour
Cell Tolleson, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. T. R. Tolleson
of Perry will enplane July 4
to join the Foreign Study
League F 919 French Langu
age and Civilization summer
study program.
One hundred and sixty
students, and 25 staff mem
bers will have Reims, France
as their focal point. Each
student is expected to parti
cipate in a minimum of 100
hours of class room instruc
tion, plus the related field
trips and excursions.
The students are welcom
ed to each area by the May
or and the Chamber of Com
merce. Each student is en
couraged to serve as an am
bassador of good will for his
or her home town in the
states. Cell is proud to re
present Perry. Cell will ex
plain that Perry is the
“Crossroads” of the South.
She will present not only the
key to the city, but one of
the lovely brochures publish
ed by the Chamber of Com
merce depicting Perry as a
cultural community, com
. plete with good schools,
beautiful churches, stately
southern mansions, excellent
employment opportunities,
superior hotel, motel and
dining facilities, outstanding
shopping areas, and a com
munity renowned for its
friendly atmosphere.
Gell is to be a member of
a group of eight students.
Their homes include the
states of California. Michi
gan, Pennsylvania and New
Jersey (New York area).
Dorothy O. Ginther, a for
mer resident of Perry is
serving as the counselor for
the group. Each counselor is
encouraged to hold a recep
tion for her special students.
Mrs. Ginther has chosen Or
leans, France as this loca
tion
fielding coach; Danny Hamsley, Kan Merritt, Cu/tis
Boonay, Danny Overton, Bo Etheridge, J. B. Goheep,
Grear Lasaetar and Mgr. Chip Souther. (Home Journal
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Tax Reduction
For the Elderly
Also Approved
Perry residents voted 424 to
145 for low rent housing and
421 to 132 for tax reductions for
the elderly in a straw ballot
held Tuesday to get the feel
ings of the people on these two
issues.
Mayor Richard B. Ray said he
expects the council will name
a five-man Perry housing au
thority at the next meeting July
17.
A total of 569 out of 2,400
registered voters went to the
polls Tuesday.
Mayor Ray said city officials
had hoped for a heavier vote but
that the count showed that the
voters favor public housing and
,a reduction in taxes for the
elderly.
The mayor said he is opposed
to the tax reduction for elderly
with low incomes because the
city has been advised that it is
unconstitutional to create a spe
cial class of taxpayers. Mayor
and Council will follow the re
commendations of City Attorney
David P. Hulbert in the lax
matter, he said.
Councilmen have suggested
that the elderly people should
“not gel their hopes up for lax
reduction” because the city
attorney and court cases have
held that it would be illegal.
Councilman Richard Goodroe,
sponsor of the tax reduction
proposal, said other cities are
giving the tax reduction and he
doesn’t see why Perry can’t do
it.
In a city council meeting
Tuesday night, it was announced
that SIOI,OOO in 1969 taxes al
ready has been paid by tax
payers taking advantage of a 3
per cent discount for paying by
June 30.
Councilmen voted to hire Son
ny Livingston as a police offi
cer; approved a request to as
sign a policeman for the Lions
Carnival during the week of July
14;.approved payment of $lO5 a
week for two people to supervise
the pool at Houston Recreation
Park, which will open July 4.
MOST STORES
CLOSE FRIDAY
All government offices, the
banks and most stores will be
closed all day Friday to observe
July Fourth, Independence Day.
Many of the smaller stores
will remain open Friday.
All stores will reopen Satur
day morning at the usual time.
The Ladies Golf Association
of the Perry Country Club will
have the regular luncheon and
meeting on Tuesday, July 8.
Come out early and play golf.
Luncheon will be served at 12
noon.