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SWEET VICTORY
Tommy Aaron, the professional golfer
from Gainsville, Georgia has been refer
red to as the “bridesmaid” of the golfing
world. The reason of course was that
he had never, in his ten years of profes
sional golf, visited the winners circle at
a PGA tournament in the United States.
Many times he has lead tournaments only
to said in the final round to the also
played column.
I’m sure that most fans who saw the
Atlanta Golf Classic on the tube Sunday
had an uneasy feeling in the pit of their
stomachs when Aaron finished with the
low score at that time, of 275. There
was little doubt in anyones’ mind that
either Tom Weiskopf, or Gary Player
would pull off some miraculous shot to
edge Aaron out of the winners circle for
the umpty-ump time. To the amazement
and joy of fans who pull for the underdog,
it didn’t happen and Aaron finally found
himself cast in the enviable role of a
bride who had just pocketed $25,000.
Dame fortune is a nice old girl after
all - at least Aaron is finally convinced
that she smiles on hard luck Georgians
who have fought a valiant battle.
PITCHING PHENOMENON
Tuesday night Hoyt Wilhelm was hon
ored by the Atlanta Braves for pitching
in his I,oooth Major league baseball
game. No matter how you measure this
feat its got to be considered one of the
phenomenon’s of sports.
The man himself is a rariety when you
consider that he didn’t reach the majors
until he was 29 \ears old. He spent se
ven years in the minor leagues and three
years hunting Nazis with a bazooka be
fore making the New York Giants in
1952. Wilhelm will be 47 years young on
20 July and there appears to be no end to
his career.
After Wilhelm pitched in the Braves
last regular season game in 1969 he was
asked a familiar question - “How many
more years do you think you can go on
pitching?” Wilhelm answered that he
didn’t know but that he feels that he
could pitch until he’s 60.
Wilhelm is known in the trade as a
knuckle ball pitcher. His pitches flutter
and break in the most unexpectant ways.
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I Church Softball League
| Kicks Off This Week
I Th e Church Softball Lea
■ gue of Perry began play this
I past Tuesday with a total
I of 12 teams participating.
B The teams are divided into
H two divisions and will play
■ a total of 22 games during
I the regular season. At the
■ end of the season there will
1 be a round robin play-off
I within the divisions and the
S eventual winner of each di-
I vision will play each other
I for the league championship.
I The American Division is
B composed of the Perry Me
| thodist Mets, Haynesville
B Baptist. Perry Presbyterian,
B Tharpc Memorial ' Baptist.
I Church of Nazarene and the
I Order of DeMolay.
I The National Division is
I composed of the Perry Me
One depressed batter described his pro
blem in hitting Wilhelms’ pitches as try
ing to hit a butterfly with a toothpick.
Wilhelms’ elusive pitch is thrown with
the greatest of ease. He cradles the ball
between the tips of his index and middle
fingers and thumb and releases the ball
in a squirting motion. He doesn’t throw
the ball to a certain spot but to a gener
al area around the plate. This might
seem rather coippl ihated to the average
fan but to Wilhelm it’s as easy as eating
ice cream.
Being a relief pitcher isn’t exactly a
stable profession. In fact, a gypsy by
comparison is a hometown product.
Wilhelm in his eighteen years as a
major leaguer has been with no less than
nine clubs - some of them twice.
The older a person gets the harder it
is to throw a baseball without some de
gree of pain or soreness. Any little
league manager can attest to this fact.
But Wilhelm is a spry 47 and unless they
do away with baseballs Hall of Fame in
Cooperstown, New York he is a sure fire
cinch to be enshrined. His right arm
should be bronzed and hung up for all to
see.
SEASON.OPENER
Junior League Baseball Commission
er, Richard Goodroe, announces that the
season officially gets under way next
Monday night at Tolleson Field. Opening
ceremonies will commence at 7:00 p.m.
with game time to start at 7:30. Commis
sioner Goodroe will add several new
wrinkles to this years ceremonies which
should prove both interesting and impres
sive. The first season game will feature
Kiwanis and Super Foods teams followed
by Beavers Insurance and Lions Club.
Mo Wright will again cover games for
the Houston Home Journal. His enthusi
astic and timely accounts of last years
games were well received.
The noteable missing from this years
program are ex-commissioner “Skeet”
Chapman; umpire Otis Whitten; coaches
Lewis Bledsoe, Billy Bledsoe, Larry Wal
ker and Tom Daniel, Their time to the
program adds up to approximately 75 years
of dedicated service to the boys of our
fair City. They will be sorely missed
from their familiar positions.
- thodist Jets, First Baptist.
3 Crossroads Methodist, Hous
1 ton Lake- Baptist, Catholic
. Episcopal Churches, and the
> Lutheran Church.
' All games will be played
! each Tuesday and Thursday
! evenings with the first game
1 beginning at 6:15 p. m. and
the second game beginning
shortly after the first game
game is completed.
The commissioners as elec
ted by the team managers
are Eddie Fleming who w.ll
serve as chairman, Eugene
Stocks and Ronnie Griffin.
Conservative or liberal?
Write a letter to The Home
Journal.
Panther Boosters Hold
Spring Sports Banquet
The Perry Panther Boosters
Club held their spring sports
banquet last Friday night, May
22, at 7:30 p. m. in the
high school cafeteria. The wel
come and invocation were giv
en by Carl Barrett and after
a delightful meal, -the Villagers
provided excellent entertain
ment. Mr. Barrett introduced
the honored guests, Mr. and
Mrs. Cohen Walker Mr. and
Mrs. Herb St. Jon Mr. and Mrs.
Eric Staples and Mr. Hutcher
son. Presentation of Awards
were made by each coach.
Coach Dotzenrod pre sent e d
“Most Valuable Player” awards
in tennis to Becky Horton and
Jimmy Richerson. Coach Gar
Rainbow Girls Hold Installation ;
The Perry Rainbow Assem
bly held its Installation of of.
fices for the ensuing term on
Sunday afternoon May 24, at
the Masonic Lodge.
Offices installed were: Janet
Gormto, Worthy Advisor; Deb
bie Costlow, Associate Advisor;
Sharon Andel, Charity: Debbie
McGee, Hope; Annelle Trigg,
Faith; Janet Lollis, Recorder:
Kathy Krall, Treasurer; Claire
Davis, Chaplain: Kay Voseip
ka, Drill Leader; Sandra King.
Love, Sally Funk Religion; Al
can Whiddon, Nature, Debbie
Warner Immortality; Annie Ro
land, Fidelity: Debbie Morris.
Patriotism; Lorrie Golder, Ser
vice; Janice Funk, Confidential
Observer: Judy Andel, Musici
an; Rose Kohr, Choir Director.
Installing officers were: Jack
ie Morstead, Grand Worthy Ad
visor; Chaplain, Judy Andel:
Grand Representative to Okla
homa, Marshall, Tomi Elliot,
past Grand Charity, Recorder.
Rose Kohr, Outer Observer,
Sharon Andel; Musician. De
bra Williamson, Soloist.
Since mid-1930’5, Georgia Power Company
has supplied electricity to rural electric cooperatives
and city-owned power systems with no rate increase.
Now we must ask for one.
This increase would not affect any residential
farm, commercial or industrial customers served
directly by Georgia Power Company .
land gave “Most Improved
Player” award in baseball to J
Stan Fendley. Coach Sapp pre- 1
seated the track trophy to |
Keith Ragan. Coach Cooley pre- 1
seated the gclf trophy for the \
“lowest computerized score” to ■
Tom Weik. 1
The special award “Eric Sta- I
pies Award” which was set up •
by the Perry Panther Boosters J
Club last year in honor of i
“Fessor" Staples, was present- J
ed to Gerald Norm by Mr. I
Staples. Special thanks go to 1
Mr. Jim Fcrguon and Mrs. Pat I
Myers for the decorations and 1
all the other ladies who pilch- ■
ed in. It was a swell affair
After the intallation a recep- |
tions was held in the dining ■
hall.
Out of town guests were from I 1
Warner Robins, Macon and At- 5
lanta. 5
Mrs. Weekley
Mrs. Clina Stacey Weekley 'I
ol Route 1; Hawkinsville, I 1
died Wednesday a. m. at her *1
residence after a brief ill- |>
ness. She had lived here "I
lour years, coming from At- I'
more, Alabama, and was a ■ !
member of the Free Will '■
Baptist Church. I*
Survivors include one son, 1 1
James L. Weekley of Rt. 1, I'
Hawkinsville; one daughter, 'I
Mrs. Thomas A. Bush of I'
Baymitte, Ala,, and 10 grand- 'I
children. Ji
The remains were shipped ■[
to Atmore, Ala. on Wednes- 5
day where funeral services *J
were held. Watson-Hunt Fu- Ji
neral Home of Perry in i!
charge. ”
1 hroughout the state, there are numerous rural
electric cooperatives and city-owned power sys
tems which buy electricity from the Georgia Power
Company and resell it to their own customers.
Georgia Power’s rates to these rural electric co
operatives and city-owned electric systems are
regulated by the Federal Power Commission in
Washington. D. C.
The company will seek an increase of less than
one-fourth of a cent per kilowatt-hour. The new
rate would mean that a typical residential custo
mer using 600 kilowatt-hours a month would
have his bill raised by only about five cents a day.
if the full amount of the increase is passed along
to the customer.
First Rate increase Ever
From their inception, the rural electric co
operatives have received full support from the
power company. And the company realizes the
cooperatives have made a great contribution to
the electrification of the state.
Rates under which the cooperatives are being
served were established in 1936 when the federal
rural electrification program first began. They
were made as low as possible in order to help
the cooperatives to become financially successful
as quickly as possible and as a means of assisting
farmers affected by depression conditions.
The city-owned power systems served by
Georgia Power Company also are buying electric
ity at prices established during depression years.
Rates to these two classifications of customers
have never been raised by the Georgia Power
Company. An increase now is essential if the
company is to continue to meet its obligation of
providing ample electricity for Georgia.
Rising Costs of Service
Materials, wages, taxes and interest costs have
spiralled drastically upward in recent years. Even
so, Georgia Power until now has never made an
attempt to pass on these increased costs to the
rural electric cooperatives and city-owned power
systems. As operating costs rose, the company
was able until recently to counter them by in
creased operating efficiencies.
Now, however, inflation has outstripped tech
nological advances. It is impossible to retain these
more than 30-year-old rates and meet the infla
tionary costs of the 1970’5.
Examples of rising costs include practically
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every item in the company budget. A lineman’s
salary that was $l3B a month in the mid-1930’s
now would be nearly six times that.
A wooden power pole that cost $6.82 in 1935
now costs $26.59. Copper wire has increased
from less than nine cents a pound to 60 cents
a pound. A single piece of transmission substation
equipment that cost SI,OOO in 1935 now costs
$4,150. Other wages, materials and supplies are
proportionately higher.
Another item that has soared is the cost of
taxes. Georgia Power Company, like other citi
zens, pays them at every level. In 1935, our tax
bills amounted to s2'/3 million. Last year our city,
county, state and federal taxes added up to a
total of ss9'/’ million.
We Must Build to Serve
The cost of borrowed money with which the
company must finance its new construction has
increased by 80 percent in just the past five years
and now has climbed to nearly nine percent. Not
only is the company having to pay the extremely
high interest rates, but it also is forced to raise
money in ever-increasing amounts. Construction
costs for 1970 are estimated at $230 million,
compared to only $42 million in 1960 and $37
million in 1950.
I he growth of the stale and the great increase
in use of electricity mean that we must borrow
now and build now despite the inflationary con
ditions and unprecedented high interest rates.
Unregulated industries may raise their prices
as they see fit. But utilities must apply to govern
ment agencies before making any change in rates,
fherefore, the power company is making applica
tion to the Federal Power Commission, which has
sole jurisdiction over rates to city-owned systems
and rural electric cooperatives.
Depression-Day Rates in 1970
I he adjustment is being sought at this level
because rates to these particular customers have
not been raised from depression levels and are
out of line with what customers served directly by
the company are paying.
The rural electric cooperatives and city-owned
power systems are valued customers. And it is
with reluctance that the company must ever raise
any rates. Under the present inflationary economic
conditions, however, these customers no longer
can be served at mid-1930 prices.
Georgia Power Company
A citizen wherever we serve®