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Perry Chamber Will Sponsor Live TV Special
Mr. Tom Daniel, President
of the Perry Area Chamber
of Commerce, and Mr. Elwyn
McKinney, Executive Vice
President, announced today
that the Perry Area Cham
ber of Commerce has ob
tained full commercial spon
sorship of the live from Per
ry, in color, telecast of the
final night of competition of
the 1970 Miss Central Geor
gia pageant which will be
staged here in Perry at the
Senior High School gymna
torium on Saturday, August
22, 1970.
The Miss Central Georgia
Pageant which is annually
produced and directed by
the Perry Jaycccs is an offi
cial Miss America prelimi
nary franchised for the six
middle Georgia counties of
Houston, Peach, Taylor,
Crawford, Macon and Bibb.
Mr. Daniel slated that in
acquiring the rights to the
color telecast, live from Per
ry, all commercial time for
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It's peach-packing time in Georgia, and at Gunn's
packing shed on Highway 41 north of Perry a crowd of
teen-agers waited expectantly last week, hoping to be the
Funeral Homes Will Continue
Ambulance Service 6 Months
At their meeting Tuesday
Houston County Commis
sioners agreed to pay a to
tal of $1,500 a month to six
funeral directors to continu
ue to furnish ambulance ser
vice until Nov. 1 when the
Houston Hospital Authority
will take over the service.
Home Journal’s Billy
Clark Will Enter Business
William J. “Billy” Clark,
who has been employed by
Houston Home Journal for a
number of years as a linotype
operator, has resigned effec
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BILLY CLARK
the 90 minute program will
contain a living color promo
, tion of the City of Perry, its
, industry, industrial oppor
, tunities, retail business re
sources, tourism attractions
. and facilities, domestic faci
lities, homes, schools, chur
ches. etc. The Perry oricnt
, ated commercials will be fac
tually filmed in color here
. in Perry in the near future
. and will visually and orally
, publicize or promote a spe
. cilic facet of the City. Mr.
Daniels went on to say that
the telecast will be originat
ed by the facilities of WMAZ
TV in Macon and viewed by
some 750.000 people within
their telecasting audience.
Mr. Daniel added, that the
Perry Jaycees are to be com
mended for their sponsor
ship and administration of
the Miss Central Georgia
Pageant which is one of the
finest preliminary programs
in the entire Southeast and
certainly No. 1 in the state
of Georgia. Bill VVinkis is
The Houston Home Journal
A federal grant is expect
ed by the Hospital Authori
ty by November 1 with
which to start a county-wide
ambulance service with one
ambulance in Perry and two
in Warner Robins.
Funeral directors had ad
vised county commissioners
tive this week to enter the
real estate business with his
wife.
In a statement to the Home
Journal, Clark said, “My as
sociation with the Home Jour
nal has been long and pleasant.
It is with mixed feelings that
I now must resign from the
paper to accept what I feel is
a greater challenge in the real
estate profession. I will con
tinue to be a booster of this
great weekly newspaper as it
strives to build a better com
munity."
Clark is a graduate of Perry
High School, a member of the
Perry Civitan Club, the Perry
Board of Realtors, and the
First Baptist Church. He is
presently attending the Georgia
Institute of Real Estate in
Atlanta. He will be associated
with Clark Realty and Invest
ment, Inc., a firm started by
his wife, Margaret T. Clark.
the current President of the
Perry Jaycees and also holds
the position of Producer-Di
rector of the Pageant and
has stated the production
aspects for the telecast will
be of the highest profession
al quality, featuring as Mis
tresses of Ceremonies, Miss
Virginia, Cherie Davis; Miss
Indiana, Jill Jackson, and
Miss Tcnessee, Brenda Joan
Seal, all of whom will parti
cipate in the color telecast.
The theme of the Pageant
this year will be a magical
adventure in prose entitled,
“Somewhere Out There” fea
turing original music writ
ten for the Miss Central
Georgia Pageant by Glen and
which Will be telecasted to
be held on Saturday, August
22. Mr. Helms slated Pa
geant activities will com-
Edna Osser of New York.
Mr. Jim Littlefield of the
Macon Musician’s Union, will
be the Musical Director. Mr.
Irvin Goodroe, President
Elect of Perry Jaycees for
“The Only Newspaper Published By And For The People of Perry And Surrounding Area"
lucky ones hired for this summer job. Sometimes the
work is hard and the hours long, but for most it is a
never-forgotten summer experience and they return each
year to work again.
that they lost money on this
service, and that they would
discontinue it after July 1.
Under the temporary plan
until Nov. 1. the directors
will continue to furnish ser
vices and divide the money
under a plan of their own
devising.
Salary increases were
granted three officers of the
State Court of Houston
County. Salary of the judge,
held by Judge Paul Armi
tage, will be raised from
514.000 to $18,000; salary of
the solicitor, held by Austin
Kemp will be raised from
SB,BOO to $12,000; and salary
of clerk, held by Billy Hollo
way. will be raised from $7,-
800 to SIO,OOO. All three en
cumbents are expected to
qualify to run for re-election
this year. Salary increases
become effective Jan. 1, 1971.
Payment of SSO a month to
the chairman of the Houston
Planning Commission and
$35 a month to members was
approved by the commission
ers, effective June 1. The
planning commission meets
from two to five times a
month.
Commissioners voted to
support to the extent of $5,-
000 a program of advertis
ing to attract more residents
to Warner Robins and Hous
ton County as presented by
the Warner Robins Chamber
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1970-71 is the Entries Chair
man of the program. Mr.
Goodroe has stated that he
hopes to have a field of 20
competing contestants rep
resenting the Middle Geor
gia counties in competition
for the title of Miss Central
Georgia.
David Helms, Executive
Director of the local Pageant
indicated that the Pageant
this year will be a two-night
program with a public pre
liminary Pageant Friday,
August 21 and the finals
which will be telecasted com
mence on Tuesday of that
week when the 20 competing
contestants arrive in Perry
to live as guests for the en
tire week in their prepara
tions for the Friday and Sat
urday events.
In talking specifically a
boul the commercial aspect
of the program Mr. Daniel
stated that according to the
FCC regulations a 90 minute
telecast is allotted 13Vk run
ninc commercial minutes
TOM THOMSON
Tom Thomson
To Run For
Board Post
Tom B. Thomson of Perry
qualified for post 3 on the
Houston County Board of Edu
cation this week. The post will
be vacated when incumbent L.
C. Walker retires this year af
ter 20 years on the board.
“I have always been interest
ed in the welfare of my com
munity and education in parti
cular and I would like the op
portunity to serve the people
of Houston County on the board
of education," Thomson said.
He has been a resident of
Perry for the past 6'* years
and is employed by CIBA Agro
chemical Co. as a technical
marketing representative for
the State of Georgia.
Thomson, 34, is a native of
Tuscaloosa, Ala., and a 1960
graduate of Auburn University.
He and his wife, Billie Sue, and
four children, live at 1413 Ba
ker Street in Perry.
Thomson will be running for
the post as a Republican.
and examples of the Perry
promotional commercials
would possibly consist of
filmed footage featuring our
present existing industry
and would focus upon their
respective manufactured pro
ducts, their employment op
portunities, their industrial
opportunities and their ex
pansion and growth within
the communities.
A series of commercials
with filmed footage and nar
rative would feature our re
tail merchants, local busi
ness resources, the variety
and availability of consumer
items and shopping power
that is available here in Per
ry. Another series of com
mercials would have a fea
ture on tourism. Included
would be motel availability,
local attractions, etc. Still
another series would deal
with some of our domesticat
ed facilities such as housing
development, recent apart
ment growth, home availab
ility, and general population
Council Calls Vote For
A New Perry Library
Perry City Council meet
ing with the local library
board Monday night, voted to
c»U a special referendum to
let the people of Perry decide
whether or not they want the
city to build a library.
The County Commissioners
have already told the library
board they need the space in
the . courthouse now occupied
by the library in the courthouse
here. The library also needs
additional space other than
the cramped quarters they now
occupy in the basement of the
library, according to a spokes
man of the library.
Mayor Malcolm Reese told
The Home Journal that if the
people vote in favor of the re
ferendum, it would mean that
the city will find a location
and build a library. Reese
pointed out that the City will
still need a supplement from
the county to help operate the
library.
“If Perry is going to have a
library, we should do it pro
perly by owning our own build
ing,” Reese said.
Reese pointed out that to
build a library the city will
probably have to have a bond
issue for the amount of SIOO,
000 to $150,000. No date for a
referendum has been set.
TAX NOTICES MAILED
In the regular meeting Tues
day night, City Council was
told by the City Clerk that
some $260,000 in tax notices
for 1970 were mailed to city
taxpayers this week.
Mayor Reese told Council
that in view of the tux notice
mailings he hoped the City
will have a great deal of mon
ey coming in during the next
few weeks.
NEW POLICE CAR
Councilman Dan Hrilton re
commended to Council that they
buy a new Chevrolet police car
from Union Motor Co. in the
amount of $3,100. He said he
had received bids from several
other auto dealers and that
Union submitted the lowest
price. Council voted unani
mously to buy the new car.
PUBLIC HEARING SET
Councilman James McKin
Ochlahatchee
Park Sets
Members Day
Membership Appreciation
day at Ochlahatchee Park
has been announced for Sat
urday, June 6, by Jack Rag
land, President of the Perry
Club Council. The event is
growth over the past years.
Another series of commer
cials would be developed
that would deal with our re
ligious and educational in
stitutions and opportunities
with filmed footage featur
ing some of our fine schools
and churches. Mr. Daniel
stated these arc but a few
examples of the possibili
ties for the filmed commer
cial footage which would be
placed at strategic points
throughout the entire 90-
minute color cast, each pro
moting or selling an avail
able agency and or oppor
tunity within the City of
Perry.
John Bryant, the Staging
Director for the Miss Cent
ral Georgia Pageant, stated
that the telecast would ori
ginate from the facilities of
the Perry Senior High
School gymnatorium which
will be set up to accommo
date 2,500 live viewers. Mr.
Bryant went on to say that
located strategically in the
ley asked the Council to set a
public hearing on the City’s
new comprehensive planning
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Stewart Bloodworth
Will Run For Re-Election
Incumbent County Commis
sioner Stewart Bloodworlh of
Perry qualified for re-election
to his Republican post on the
Commission this week. Blood
worth is completing his first
four year term as a Commis
sioner.
“At this time, more than ev
er before, this county needs a
choice of all types of good
leadership,” Bloodworlh said.
“Houston County is destined to
grow with the growth propor
tions we have for the next few
years and we need to lead the
county down the road of growth
and progress,” he said.
“I feel that honesty, sinceri
ty and efficiency in county gov
ernment, as well as being able
to say yes when yes is needed
and no when it is not in the best
interest of the people of Hous
ton County is what we need in
our county government and I
intend to continue to carry out
this policy if 1 am re-elected,”
Bloodworlh said.
”1 am the first to admit that
1 don’t have all the answers
but I’m willing to work as hard
as 1 know how to solve our
problems with whatever energy
it takes,” he said.
Bloodworlh is a Perry farmer
■and businessman and life-long
resident of Houston County. He
owns Bloodworlh Forest Prod
ucts, Bloodworlh Farms and is
co-owner ol Crossroads Green
houses.
He is a graduate of Perry
High School, Abraham Bald
win Agriculture College, The
University ol Georgia and
holds a Master's Degree from
Yale University. He and his
wife, Marty, and two children,
for members and their fam
ilies, and their out of town
guests only. There will be
free swimming, and a recrea
tion director available for
free tennis instruction. From
5-7 p. m. free Cokes and hot
dogs will be served.
Dues may be sent to Mrs.
Stewart Bloodworlh at 1201
Pine Needle Drive in Perry,
or may be paid at the park
on Saturday.
Ochlahatchee Park opened
for the summer on Saturday,
May 16, and had 213 persons
in swimming the first day.
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viewing audience that night
will be color television moni
tors so that the audience on
hand will be able to see not
only the live action, but what
is being viewed by the tele
vision audience. In order to
accomodate a color telecast,
Mr. Bryant further stated
that staging modifications in
tlie area of increased light
ing and stage setting ability,
would have to be made at
the Senior High School fa
cility. These modifications
would be of a permanent na
ture and ui)on completion
will make the facility at the
Perry Senior High one of
the most modern in the en
tire area. W ork will begin in
this area as soon as permis
sion has been obtained from
the Houston County Board
of Education.
The television equipment
will begin to arrive on the
scene some two weeks be
fore the actual telecast. This
is being supplied by the Tel
and zoning ordinance lor Mon
day night July 13, at 7:30 in the
City Council Chambers.
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Perry Calendar
Vacation Bible School will be held at the Perry
Presbyterian Church June 8-12 beginning at 8:45
a. m. Chikhen age 3 through sixth grade are
invited.
First Baptist Church of Hayneville would like
to announce they are having Bible School starting
June 8. Time is from 6:00 p. m. to 8:00 p. m. All
children are welcome to come out and be with
us.
Ladies Fun Day will be held Tuesday, June 9
at Houston Lake Country Club beginning at 9:00
a. m. Reserve golf carts by phoning 987- 3243.
Luncheon plate available for SI.OO.
The annual Community-Military Golf Tourna
ment sponsored by the Warner Robins Chamber of
Commerce will be held at Houston Lake Country
Club Saturday, JJune 6. Please sign up in the Pro-
Shop Tee-oil times will be from 8:50 a. m. to 2:30
p. m. Social Hour Dinner will be held Saturday
night for participants and wives.
The Flag Sale sponsored by the CAR originally
planned for Thursday will be held from 10 until 2
on Friday, June 12, in the downtown area.
Members and their guests are invited to a Bingo
Party Saturday at the Perry Country Club. This
event will get underway ai « p. m. A large crowd
. is expected, so come early.
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evision Production Incorpor
ated Company of Atlanta,
Georgia which will provide
three color cameras, cohM*
lighting, and the audio and
video transmission trucks
necessary to transmit the
signal back to the originat
ing facilities of WMAZ in
Macon.
Mr. Daniel staled that the
color telecast originating live
from Perry is a first for the
Crossroads of Georgia and
a first for the Perry Area
Chamber of Commerce in its
unceasing efforts to keep
Perry on the move. The tele
cast was made possible thro
ugh the combined efforts of
the Perry Area Chamber of
Commerce, the Perry Jay
cees. the General Telephone
Company in Perry, Ameri
can Telephone and Tele
graph Company, the Colum
bia Broadcasting Company,
Television Productions In
corporated. and WMAZ, TV,
Macon, Georgia.
McKinley pointed out that
most of the problems in the new
ordinance have been taken
care of and that all remains
now is holding a public hearing
to discuss the new ordinance.
McKinley also recommended
the appointment of five Perry
men to the newly formed Hous
ing Hoard of Standards and
Appeals. This board is set up
so that anyone who has proper
ty condemed by the City can
appeal the action if they don’t
think the City is Right. Named
to the board were H.E. Weaver,
Dan Nelson, W.G. Mullins,
Mel Tolleson and Hugh Lawson
Sr.
In other action, Council
sold the old Scout House pro
perty at public auction for
51,000 to J.G. Beavers.
The Council decided to
spray Perry from the air for
mosquitoes in the next few
days. This will be the second
time the city has been sprayed
this year by airplane at a cost
of S4OO to the city.
Council voted to sell a used
tractor to the Perry-Fort Valley
Airport Authority for S3OO.
Sara Nunn Jr. was re-appoin
ted for a three year term to re
present the City on the Middle
Georgia Area Planning Com
mission.