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Board Clears Hightower
Os Misconduct Charges
James Hightower, Negro
co-principal of Houston Junior
High, was cleared Tuesday of
charges of misconduct in his
relations with female students
by a unanimous vote of the
Houston County Board of
Education.
According to the board,
charges against Hightower
were not substantiated in the
11-hour hearing held Monday
when seven female students
testified that Hightower had
been “overly familiar” with
them. Hightower denied those
charges, and also denied
charges that he had pulled a
pistol on a boy student.
Mass demonstrations of
Negroes in Perry have been
aimed at Hightower, the Ne
groes claiming that he is not
Democratic Executive
Committee Meets Here
Horace Evans of Perry,
secretary of the Houston
County Democratic Executive
Committee, slated that the
committee met Monday at 10
a.m. at the county building in
Warner Robins and adopted
rules and regulations for the
primary in September. Quali
fying was opened for candi
dates.
Federal Judge Upholds
Perry Judge’s Decision
U. S. District Court Judge
W. A. Bootle declined to grant
an order restraining prosecu
tion of some of the more than
500 Negroes who were arres
ted earlier this month in
Perry for parading without a
permit.
Hearings have begun in
Perry Municipal Court before
Municipal Court Judge L. C.
Walker.
Suit has been filed in
federal court by Thomas M.
Jackson, attorney for the de
fendants, to stop the proseju
tion of persons under the Per
ry ordinance which prohibits
parading without a permit. He
wants to have the ordinance
declared void and unconstitu
tional. A show cause hearing
on the suit has been set for
June 15 in U, S. District
Court.
Plaintiffs in the federal
court action include Oscar |
Thomie, president of the
Houston County chapter of the
National Association for the
Woman’s Club Holds Meeting
The Perry Woman's Club
held a business meeting
Monday evening, May 18 at
Ochlahatchee Clubhouse.
Mrs. Elmo Meadows, in
coming president, presided
and reported on the scope of
work of Georgia Federation
of Women’s Clubs at the
State Convention held in
April at Callaway Gardens,
Mrs. Meadows and Mrs. B.
B. Nall were delegates from
the local club.
Yearbooks were distribut
News From
Henderson
Mrs. Doris Thames
ATTENTION!! Members of
Henderson Baptist Church. May
31 is Building Fund offering,
Also June is our month for
Vacation Bible School. VBS
needs you.
* * *
The Rev. and Mrs. Fred L.
Carter attended a Managers'
and their wives' dinner in the
Service Hall of Blue Bird Body
Company May 21 at 7 p. m.
* * *
Mr. and Mrs. John L. Knight
and children attended the funer
al of Mr. Knight’s uncle, Mr.
Sam Hudson of Tampa, Fla.
Wednesday, May 20.
• * •
Mr. and Mrs, Ebde Kennedy
and Mr. and Mns. J. T. Smith
of Macon visited Mrs. Maida
Hagan Sunday afternoon, May
24.
• • •
Mrs. Ann Langton, Mrs. Skeet
Oawthon, Shirley Knight, Mike
Pearce, and Janice Bryant at
. tended a program on the ills of
at Saxon Heights Bap
fair to Negro students. He has
been on "leave status” for
over two weeks before the
hearing, and it was not an
nounced whether he would re
turn to his post for the remain
der of the school year.
Although he was cleared of
charges of misconduct by the
school board, Hightower said
he is considering retiring from
the teaching profession and
going into another field. He
said that a statement concer
ning his decision would be
made within the next few
days.
County School Supt. David
A. Perdue made an appeal to
the population of Houston
County to “join hands to pro
vide the best education pos
sible for all the children.”
When the meeting was ad
journed, four candidates were
waiting and qualified for the
following posts: Paul Armi
lage, candidate for Judge of
State Court; Cullen Talton,
candidate for County Commis
sion Post 3; Archie Campbell
and Robert Byrd, each quali
fied as candidates for County
Commission Post 1.
Advancement of Colored Peo
ple, and 11 other Negroes
arrested during the marches.
Defendents are Mayor
Malcolm Reese of Perry, Pol-
Chief B. E. Dennard, Judge
Lawrence C. Walker, City
Attorney David P. Hulbert,
and five city councilmen of
Perry.
The suit charges that Neg
roes were arrested, loaded on
buses and tour gassed, kept at ‘
an abandoned work camp and
subjected to abuse at the
hands of law enforcement
officers.
They also claim that the
parade permits art? granted or
denied at the whim of mayor
and council, and ask the court
to declare the ordinance inva
lid, prohibit arrest and prose
cution under the ordinance,
and to prohibit officials from
interfering with the rights of
plaintiffs to protest and make
public their grievances against
any governing body.
ed by Mrs. W. G. James,
program and yearbook chair
man.
A Bake Sale will be held
Thursday morning. May 28,
from 10 to 12 at the Colonial
Store, it was announced by
Mrs. Byron Maxwell, ways
and means chairman.
New members were wel
comed by the president.
Hostesses were Mrs. Char
les Baker, Mrs. John Carney,
Mrs. Martin Austin, Mrs,
Ken Pearson and Mrs. By
ron Maxwell.
tisl Church in Dublin May 22.
Special speaker for this pro
gram was Judge BUI White.
* * •
Friends are happy that Mr.
Fred Langston Sr. is home and
doing fine.
• • •
Miss Nancy Wren of Atlanta
and Mr. Bobby Ragan of
Statesboro visited Mr. and Mrs.
Leon Ragan over the wekend.
• • *
Mr. and Mrs. Billy Ragan
and family spent the weekend
with Mr. Ragan's parents, Mr.
and Mrs, Roy Davis.
* • *
Mrs. Morris Thames, Mrs.
Dons Thames, and Cindy visit
ed Mrs. Morris Thames' moth-
Mrs. Charity Arnold dt
Goodwill Nursing Home in Ma
con May 26.
• • •
Mr. and Mrs. Sport Pickard
were visited by Mrs. Pickard’s
broker, Mr. Pete Chambley
of Fort Pierce, Fk. Friday
May 22. y '
Perry Students Get Honors
From Univ. of Go.
Four Perry students were re
cognized at the recent Univer
sity of Georgia Honors Day at
Athens,
Jimmy Lee Paul is a mem
ber of the National Moot Court
Team.
Susan Catherine Moody, a
senior, received a certificate
in recognition of scholastic
achievement for placing in the
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upper five per cent of her i
class, and was also elected to I
membership in Phi Beta Kap- <
pa,
Julie Elizabeth Tabor, a jun- I
ior received a certificate in re- <
cognition of scholastic achieve- <
ment for placing in the upper '
five per cent of her c'aas; was '<■
awarded a Junior Division (
Honors Program Certificate, i
-and also won a French Govern
went prize (for excellence in
French literature).
Maynard Burrell Cliff, a so
phomore, received a certifiate
in recognition of scholastic
achievement for placing in the
upper five per cent of his class,
and was also awarded a Junior
Division Honors Program Cer
tificate.
The Junior Division Honors
Program Certificate is present
ed to those students who have
completed 6 Honors Courses
with 3.3 average and above
and who have maintained a
cumulative average of at least
3.3.
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