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rsjj^jm^ VOL. 99 NO. 51 - *" r *}-■ ' urn*-.. \ M , ■jih-f'f -dLj. Jf . Mrs. Brooks Named Perry's "Woman of the Year" Mrs. Bobby (Joyce) Brooks, left, is presented the cov eted "Woman of the Year" award by Mrs. Betty Roper, president of the Perry Business Women's Club. Mrs. Brooks, who is a teacher at Perry Grammar School, was U6F Drive Falls Short Os Goal Set In Houston Houston County United Givers Fund officials report, that a total of $168,770.52 has been collected in the 1970 Houston County UGF drive, for the operation of 17 UGF affili ated agencies. According to J. Robert “Bob” Richards, Chairman of the 1970 drive, a total of $128,349.03 was raised in the Robins AFB Combined Federal Campaign, and a total of $39,921.49 was raised in Hous ton County, representing a 19.8% increase over the amount raised in 1969, making a com bined total of $168,770,521. Andy Borders, Chairman of the Warner Robins Division, said that his division raised $32,335.65 or an increase of 17.8% over the amount raised to the 1969 campaign. This amount raised in the 1969 cam paign. This amount represents an all time high for the Warner Robins Division. Moody H. Mulkey, Jr., Chairman of the Perry Division, stated that his division had raised a total of $7,585.84, an increase of some $1,71595 or 29.2% more than was raised in the 1969 campaign. In a combined statement, Richards, Mulkey and Borders praised their campaign workers and the citizens of Houston County for their support during the 1970 UGF Campaign. Richards also stated, ‘‘with out the efforts of Leon Echols, Robins AFB Combined Federal Campaign Chairman and his staff, and the employees of Robins Air Force Base, this amount would not have been • With Christmas only a week away and everyone trying frantically to get ready for the big day, The Home Jour nal took a survey this week in Perry to determine if the “old fashioned Christmas spirit has reached Perry this season. We asked this question to 25 Per ryans: “Do you have the Christmas Spirit?” We received some interestng answers and follows are few of the comments we got from those inter possible**. "We are most grateful for the continued sup port of Robins Air Force Base Personnel.” Although $168,770.52 was raised in Houston County, UGF Council Salaries In Errors Last Week in Journal We goofed last week in our front page story of the City Council meeting. We errone ously published the wrong sal aries now received by the Perry Mayor and Council. The Mayor now makes $l5O a month salary plus SIOO a month allowance for expense and travel. The Councilman now receive only SSO a month. A bill will be introduced in the General Assembly by Rep. Sam Nunn Jr., that will give the Council the power to set their salaries at a recommended $6,000 a year for the mayor and $2,400 a year for the Council men. We think they deserve it. The mayor and council put in considerable amount of work into their jobs besides the hours they spend meeting. Watch Perry grow. Perryans—Tell It Like It Is—About Christmas Spirit The Houston Home Journal Official Organ Houston County, City of Perry , State of Georgia THREE SECTIONS TWENTY-EIGHT PAGES presented with the award Thursday night at the Business Women's annual banquet at Ocklahatchee Clubhouse. Mrs. Brooks and her husband have two sons and have resided in Perry for the past 15 years. See story inside. (Home Journal Photo by Wofford Sinyard). Budget Committee. The com mittee will meet in the near future to reduce agency alloca tions to the amount of money available. , I I Perry-Fort Valley Airport Is Busy The Perry-Fort Valley Airport has been the scene of much activity recently as many big planes have been flying in and out using the field. Among the big planes in the photo is the state plane used by Governor Maddox which makes fre quent visits to Perry. viewed. “I don’t know whether I have the Christmas sp rit or not. I used to get it when my children were small: but they’re all grown now and Christmas isn’t what it used to be to me.”—“l think the Christmas spirit means dif ferent things to different people. The big problem about Christmas these days is that too many people don’t remember or don’t want to remember PERRY. HOUSTON COUNTY. GA. 31969. THURSDAY, DEC. 18, 1969 Early Edition HJ Next Week The Home Journal will be published one day early next week so that our employees can be off for the Christmas holi days. All news for the paper must be in our office no later than 3 p.m. Monday. Deadline for i classified advertising is 10 a.m. Monday and display ad vertising is 3 p.m. Monday. Your cooperation will be sincerely appreciated. what the true meaning of Christmas really is and that’s a fact.” “Yeah, I guess I’ve got the Christmas spirit as much as anybody else.”—“Well, it’s getting harder and harder to gel the Christmas spirit each year. I don’t know whether it’s because Pm getting older or just the way people and all are acting in this day.”—“l guess I got about as much of it as I’m gonna get.” The Home Journal also asked some Commissioners Set Liquor License Fees At $3,500 **** * * * Houston Scl Desegregat Houston County Sch( told The Home Journal \ he and his staff are mee teachers in the school sy: termine the best approach order of total integration Feb. 1, 1970. “We have made no de due said, “but we are sti met with a representative about the order,’’ he said The Houston County with the Supreme Court Black to desegregate all than Feb. 1. The U. S. Supreme C rect decision on the iss' schools must meet the dea as faculty desegregation, many that the Court will deadline. *****)<■ * Methodists Will Present Annual Christmas Cantata The Perry United Methodist Church will present their ann ual Christmas Cantata, on Sun day December 21st,' at 7:00 p.m. This year the 45 member r' oir, under the direction of Mr. Francis Nunn, will present ‘‘Night of Miracles” by John W. Peterson. They will be assis ted by Miss Willie Ryals at the ******* hools Face [ion Feb. 1 1001 Supt. David Perdue Wednesday morning that sting with principals and 'stem in an effort to de li to the Supreme Court’s for Houston’s schools on efinite plans as yet,” Per tudying the plan and we of HEW all day Tuesday d. / School system is faced t ruling of Justice Hugo I public schools no later Court has not made a di sue of whether Houston adline for student, as well . But it is expected by II make Feb. 1 the final h*** * * * organ, Mrs. Roy Gossett at the piano and Mr. Jim Worrall as reader. The Junior Choir will also have a part in the Cantata. The church is indebted to the Milton Beckham Construc tion Company for sponsoring a live broadcast of the Cantata over WPGA-FM. The Radio Station will tape this Cantata for broadcast over WPGA-FM on Christmas Day at 6:00 p.m. The church appre ciates WPGA giving the public a second opportunity to hear this beautiful Christmas music. i The Perry Panther Booster Club will meet tonight Decem ber 18, at 7:30 at the High School Cafeteria. A wrestling exhibition will be given by Coach Dotzenrod and his boys. Eagle Discount Store Will Begin Construction In Perry Announcement was made by Allen P. Whipple, Owner of Whipple Realty and Insurance Co., that Eagle Discount Stores will erect a 7,000 square feet building in Perry immedia tely. Ground has been broken on 2nd Street across from the Joe Gayle home. The cost of the building wi.’ be approxi mately $75,000.00. The lease signed is for 15 years, and the lease was put together by Allen P. Whipple - Realtor. Perry youngsters the same question about CChristmas spirit. Following is some of the answers we received: “I’m getting a lot of stuff for Christmas.”— “Does it mean Santa Claus?”—“l think I got it if it means I’m getting a bike with racing gears and some other stuff I think I want to get brung o me.”— “I know what it means. It means that it’s gonna be Jesus’ birthday and the three Wise Men.” “I know, you sposed to be nice to everybody so San- The Houston County Com missioners, in a meeting Tues day, set the liquor license fee here at the rate of $3,500 a year, which is the same '?• set by the city of Warner Robins last week. The City Council of Perry, at their next meeting, is expected to set this City's liquor license fee at about the same rate. The County will tax liquor at the rate of SO cents a gallon. Persons applying for a county liquor license must be residents of Houston County for one year and only one li cense will be issued to a mem ber of one family. The Com missioners set the hours of operation for liquor stores from 8 a.m. to 11 p.m. In other action, the Com missioners voted to set up a county wide fire protection pro gram, name a fire commission and ask for the help of the cities of Perry and Warner Robins in answering fire calls from rural areas in the county. The Commissioners intend to start the fire protection pro gram with just the essential amount of equipment and expand the department as soon as possible. The Commissioners were prompted to make the move to ward fire protection by the tra- Kathleen Youth, 10 Dies of Gunshot Ten-year-old Curtis Ray Bush was fatally wounded Sunday in what Houston County Sheriff Albert Hud son termed an apparently “accidental” shooting by a 14-year-old youth. The dead youth was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Willie L. Bush of Kathleen. They had lived in Kathleen for the past four years. Bush is retired from the Air Force. The accident occurred about 6:45 p. m. at the Col- Teen Club Will Hold Christmas Dance Sat. The Perry Teen Club will have a special Christmas dance at the Old Store Building, Hous ton Lake Country Club (next to old Bowling alley), Saturday night, December 20th, 8-12 o’clock p.m. for members and Eagle Discount Stores have net worth of over 4Vi million dollars, and their stores sell every known kind of merchan dise except food. Eagle Discount is a part of DADE WHOLESALE PRODUCTS, INC. out of Opa Locka, Fla., and they are expanding their opera tions all over the Southeast United States. Cameron Head, Contractor, is erecting the building, and la Claus will be nice to you.” That is a sample of some of the answers we got to our questions. We saved one answer to last because we think it tells, in the simplest terms of a child, what Christmas is all about. This answer came to our question came to us from a seven year old and went like this: “Christmas is when you act nice to everybody and go to church and my daddy told me you be nice all the time, too.” @A Prize-Winning Newspaper 1969 Better Newenap* . Contact* SINGLE COPY ISe * gic death of three children in • mobile home fire near Center ville, Dec. 6. Eugene Brown, Centerville businessman, and six represen tatives of other rural communi ties in the County, appeared before the Commissioners to ask their help in the fire protection problem. It was pointed out at the meeting that the County already has an agreement with the city of Perry for answering rural fire calls. County Commission Chair man H.C. Talton Jr., said the Commissioners will name a county fire commission to make application for fire equipment, decide where the equipment is to be located and appoint peo ple to be responsible for the equipment. Dave Crockett, one of the county's tax assessers, propo sed that the Commissioners let the tax assessers hire Hugh Lawson of Perry as the apprai ser for the county at a salary of SIO,OOO a year. The Com missioners instructed Crockett and employees of the tax assesser's board to meet with the job classifier of the county Saturday to work out a salary schedule to be approved by the Commissioners at a later meeting. I I onial Restaurant and Filling Station In Kathleen, the sher iff said. Young Bush was dead on arrival at the Robins Air Force Base Hospital at 7:10 p. m., officials said. Hudson said, “The two boys were by themselves in the station.” Apparently they found the pistol, were play ing with it and it discharged, Hudson said. Funeral arrangements will be announced by Watson- Hunt Funeral Home of Per ry. guests. The admission price will be $2.00 per member. The BOOGIE CHILLUN from Macon will furnish the music for the Christmas dance. For informa tion contact members of the Teen Club Council. the owner of the building will be Richard Singletary of Thom as ville, Ga. Eagle will stay open each night in addiUon to day time hours. Also, under immediate con struction will be Sing Oil Co. which will face Main St.; and a food store which will face Main St. All construction of the above buildings ia expected to be completed within four months.