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VOL. 99 NO. 52
PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY, GA. 31069, THURSDAY. DEC. 25. 1969 SINGLE COPY 15e
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"Visions of Sugar Plums ... And I Wonder What Santa Will Bring"
Pretty little Ellen Myer looks at the Christmas tree
and wonders about Santa Claus and his rip to Perry Wed
nesday night. Ellen typifies many Perry youngsters who
State Officers Raid Clubs
In Perry, Warner Robins
Georgia Bureau of Investi
gation Agents and State Troop
ers swept into Houston County
last Wednesday night and made
one of the biggest raids ever
pulled off in the Middle Geor
gia area on places selling liq
uor and harboring gaming de
vices.
The raid was headed up by
GBI head Major Barney Rags
dale and included nine private
clubs in the Warner Robins area
and in Perry.
It was reported that several
hundred cases of liquor and
numerous slot machines were
confiscated in the raid. Clubs
raided included: In Warner
Robins, The Disabled American
Veterans Club, Amvets, Vet
erans of Foreign Wars, Bill’s
Place (Lake Joy Road), Elk’s
Club, Moose Club, Club 247
(near Bonaire), The American
Legion. The only club repor
tedly hit in the Perry area was
the Moss Oaks Lounge, located
on old highway 41 about five
miles south of Perry.
Eight persons were arrested
on the raids and charged with
possession of gambling devices
and possession of excessive
amounts of tax paid whiskey.
The only Perryan arrested in
the raids was Ray Pruitt of 412
Gordy Street, who was arrested
at the Moss Oaks Lounge here.
SHERIFF DENIES CHARGES
OF NOT COOPERATING
Major Ragsdale said Sheriff
Hudson was contacted about
the raid but that he refused to
take part in it. Ragsdale said
the Sheriff stated that he would
rather the GBI handle it.
Sheriff Hudson denied Rags
dale's charges and said that he
was told of the raid only after
it had begun. The Sheriff said
he just didn’t know anything
about it and that he would have
been happy to cooperate in any
way if he had been notified in
time before the raid took place,
RECORDS TAKEN IN
PERRY RAID
An officer of the Georgia
Bureau of Investigation stated
that the raid on the Moss Oaks
Lounge in Perry revealed re
cords on the take from gambling
devices, profits, liquor sales
and where the liquor had been
obtained.
Christmas Decoration
Winners Listed Here
The Christmas decorations
contest sponsored by the Perry
Garden Club announces the
winners as follows:
Overall decorations:
First place - Mr. and Mrs.
Ralph Baker.
Second place • Mr. and Mrs.
Albert Darnell, Jr.
Third place - Mr. and Mrs.
George Curtis.
Honorable mention - Mr. and
Mrs. W.J. Sexton.
Traditional Doorway;
First place - Mr. and Mrs.
Claude Andrew.
Second place - Mrs. F.M.
Houser.
Third place - Mr. and Mrs.
Charles I. Shelton
The Houston Home Journal
Official Organ Houston County, City of Perry, State of Georgia
are all waiting for their big day December 25. She is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Myer of Kenwood
Drive, Perry. (Home Journal Photo).
HOUSTON NEWSPAPERS NOT
INFORMED OF RAID
The Houston Home Journal
and Warner Robins Sun have
both written letters to Governor
Lester Maddox protesting the
fact that they were not infer
med of the raids that took
place here last Wednesday. It
was noted that GBI contacted
The Macon Telegraph and WMAZ
News about the raids but neg
lected to inform the two county
newspapers. The Home Journal
has been the official county
organ of Houston County for
the past 99 years and the Sun
is the County’s only daily
newspaper.
Doorways other than tra
ditional:
First place - Mr. and Mrs.
T.E. Sandefur.
Second place-Mr. and Mrs.
James McKinley.
Third place - Mr. and Mrs.
Allen Tabor.
Honorable mention - Mr.
and Mrs. J.E. Worrell,
Mrs. Martin Austin is presi
dent of the Club and members
of the contest committee were
Miss Martha Cooper, Mrs.
A.H. Gotten and Mrs. Lanier
* Smith. The judges for the
contest were from out of town.
Businesswomen
Hold Annual
Yule Party
The Perry Business Women
held their annual Christmas
meeting on Thursday, Decem
ber 11, 1969, at the New Perry
Hotel with 59 members and 7
guests present. After a most
delightful meal, President Betty
Roper chaired a short business
meeting. Report of the nomina
ting committee was given and
the following officers for the
coming year were unanimously
voted on by the club: President
- Betty B. Richerson, Vice-
President - Betty G. Talton,
Secretary - Mary Lizzie Langs
ton, and Treasurer - Alma Day
ton. The program, planned by
Mrs. Dayton, consisted of
Christmas songs, from Bach’s
“Magnificent" to Brooks “O
Little Town of Bethlehem”
sung by Mrs. Bobbie (Joyce)
Brooks. The entire group
joined in singing the final
selection, “Silent Night”.
As a delightful surprise, the
Perry Business Women presen
ted Mrs. Bobbie (Joyce)
Brooks the coveted award as
“Woman of the Year." After
all these nice surprises, gifts
were exchanged. Everyone
had a marvelous time. Next
meeting will be the second
Thursday in January. See you
there.
Dear St. Nick,
We have been a good boy
and girls all year. We help
our mama with the housework
and help her keep the yard
clean. Please bring some nice
toys for Christmas. Thank-you
Santa. Have a nice trip.
Love,
Janet, Jill, and Jim
Thomason
Commissioners Set Liquor
License Policy Monday
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Special Christmas Issue
This week’s issue of The Home Journal marks
our annual Christmas edition. Besides local news
and photos, you’ll find numerous letters to Santa
from Perry youngsters and stories about Christ
mas, past and present.
The Home Journal will be closed from Wednes
day afternoon, Dec. 24, until Monday morning,
Dec. 29.
Happy Holidays.
THE EDITOR
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Council Sets Policies
For Liquor Stores Here
Perryan Wins
State Contest
A 14-yeap-old Perry youth,
who wants to become a dental
hygienist has won sls third
prize in the Health Careers
Council of Georgia, Inc.,
Health Careers Week, 1969,
Essay Contest.
Carlton Tobler, a ninth
grader at Houston High School,
won third prize in his contest
group (Grades 7-9) for the en
tire state.
W. Daniel Barker, president
of the Health Careers Council,
said that Tobler “demonstrated
great concern and interest in
the field of dental hygiene,“ in
the opinion of the judges.
In his essay, Tobler wrote,
. . the demand for compe
tent faculty in the growing list
of dental hygiene programs is
opening up a major new avenue
for self-expression and fullfil
ment to many talented persons,*’
refering to his interest in the
teaching and research phases
of dental hygiene.
Georgia Power Pays City $57,000
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The Georgia Power Company
this week presented to the City
of Perry and Houston County
(checks) totaling $57,482,81,
representing the utility’s local
property taxes for 1969,
Os the total, Houston Coun
ty received $52,363,95; the City
of Perry $5,118.86.
In presenting the tax pay
ments, M.H. Witherington,
Local Manager, said this was
part of approximately $13,900,
000 in property taxes that will
be paid by the company for the
year 1969 to state, municipal
and county governments through
out Georgia.
Earlier in the year, munici
pal partnership tax payments
totaling more than $5,250,000
were made by the company to
400 cities, towns and communi
ties with which its partnership
franchise agreement was in
effect. Under this agreement,
the company pays each muni-
NEWCOMERS
Mr. and Mrs. Harry E.
Cunningham, sll Frank Sat
terfiald Rd.
Mr. and Mrs. Jacob M.
Roan, 1431 Duncan Ave.
Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Thomp
son, 140$ Cambridge Rd.
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Kar
rakor, 1112 Springdale Dr.
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Black,
4 Roughton St.
Nadine Merritt, 1118 Bali
St., Apt. 5.
Mr. and Mrs. James M.
Hughes, 906 Evergreen St.
Perry City Council met Fri
day in a special called meeting
to set up a policy for the issu
ance of liquor licenses in the
city limits.
Councilman Dan Britton,
chairman of the police commit
tee, said that the City of Warner
Robins and Houston County had
both passed liquor license fees
of $3,500, plus 80 cents per
gallon tax on each gallon sold,
to be paid by the wholesaler.
Britton proposed to Council
that Perry adopt the same re
gulations as Warner Robins and
the county. Council voted un
animously to adopt the regula
tions.
The Council set the opera
ting hours of liquor stores here
at 8 a.m. until 11 p.m. Only
residents of Houston County are
eligible to apply for a liquor (
license here.
The city also requires the
liquor store to be located in the
proper zone and to meet state
requirements for distance from
churches and schools. They
must also meet the requirements
for the type of building used
for a liquor store.
Get out on a limb with
Bobby Branch.
cipality in which it operates a
percentage of its gross revenue
derived from the sale of elec
tricity for residential and com-
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Church Donates Yule Boxes to Prisoners
Prisoners at the Houston County Public Works Camp in Perry got a surprise
wVi-m* B or 5*l rl A t i! T ’*‘u 0n Monda *' whan * flroop of persons from the Memorial
Heights Baptist, Church presented each of the prisoners with a Christmas box
Shown in the center are, left, Ray Wheeiis, Deputy Warden and Allen Stone, War
den, along with four of the prisoners receiving the boxes. The boxes included
1 cake, candy, fruit, stationery and stamps. (Home Journal Photo). I j|
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The Houston County Com
missioners Monday adopted a
resolution governing the letting
of liquor licenses in the coun
ty.
The resolution, passed un
animously after discussion of
provisions it contains, was
unanimously approved in a 6
p.m. special meeting of the
board.
Also, in what the commis
sioners called a Christmas pre
sent the commissioners ap
proved of an extra day off for
employes. County employes
will have a holiday beginning
at noon Wednesday and extend
ing until Monday morning for
Christmas.
The liquor control resolution
contains provisions expected as
the county and cities were at
tempting to standardize qualifi-
Reese Annnounces
New Appointments
Perry’s new Mayor-elect,
Malcolm Reese, has announced
City Council Committee ap
pointments for 1970. Reese will
take over as Perry’s Mayor at
the first Council meeting of
1970 on Jan. 5.
Reese named Dan Britton to
head up the City’s Dept, of
Public Safety; John Barton,
public works; Gene Smith and
Alton Hardy, public utilities
and streets, gas, sewer ser
vices and water; Frank Leonard,
PERRY HOUSTON COUNTY
HOSPITAL
Dee. 18 admitted
Saul Gray
Matthew Thomas
Elizabeth Thomas
Penny Thomas
Dec, 18 dismissed
Eva Walters
Dec. 19 dismissed
Judian Haslem
Clela Sandridge
mercial uses. These municipal
partnership tax payments are in
addition to property taxes.
The company’s total tax
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cations for liquor licenses.
Included in the resolution
are provisions for a license fee
of $3,500 a year; 80 cents per
gallon tax on liquor sold; open
hours for store 8 a.m. to 11:45
p.m.; and no consumption of al
cohol on premises of licensed
store or adjoining facility.
The resolution provides that
no elected official in the coun
ty or county employe will re
ceive a liquor license.
Application for licenses will
be made between Dec. 1 and
Feb. 1 with the exception of
1970 when license applications
will be accepted throughout
the year, under the resolution.
The resolution also provided
that no person will be eligible
to receive a license who has
not been a resident of the coun
ty for at least one year.
finance; James McKinley, plan
ning and zoning.
Mayor-elect Reese told The
Home Journal he plans to re
appoint Lawrence C. Walker
Jr. as City Recorder’s Court
Judge to. unodiu.- tun.
Reese stated that he is,
pleased with the way his pre
planning has moved along and
that the Council and outgoing
Mayor Richard Ray have been
very helpful to him since his
election.
Dec. 20 admitted
Tommy Andrews
Cathleen Dean
Willie Holder
David Woodard
Dec. 20 dismissed
Roy Mathis
Charlie Warren
John Brown
Cheryl Lee
Donald Watkin
Dec. 21 admitted
Annie Haslem
Marvin Wilson
Robert Grace
Ashton Jones
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bill for 1969, including federal,
state, county and municipal
payments, will exceed $64,000,.
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