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VOL. 100. NO. 26 PERRY. HOUSTON COUNTY, GA. ill (Mi!), THURSDAY, JUNE 25, 1970. SINGLE COPY 15* f| | - 1 i Jp . *** *v' ; ;; 'iiaiispw A. 1 . ,»l% BB» '>' v^.. . Hx>-' . |||| | - I® SR $M W'/ ~ PABST BREWING COMPANY PRESIDENT JAMES C. (JIM) WINDHAM leeks on as Pabst Vice President Augie Pabst (center) ac cepts some Perry pecans from Pabst Southeastern Manager Bill Gra JBaiOH p UNE What are the duties of the police officer recent ly hired by the County Commissioners? —N. C., Perry. Action Line checked this one out with Sonny Watson, clerk of the county comm ssioners. He said that the new county police officer, Tommy S. Wright, will be primarily working in the alcohol control field. It seems that some people have ques tioned Wright’s authority, but Watson quoted Sec tion 23-1403 of the Georgia Law which states that the officer has the “same power to make arrests, and to execute and return all criminal warrants and processes, in the county of their appointment only, as sheriffs now have; and shall, under the same direction and authority, have all the powers of sheriffs as peace officers in the county of their appointment.” Wright will be checking liquor and beer store licenses, working for the control of non county-tax paid liquor, among other duties. * * * I have noticed an invasion of mosquitoes in Perry recently. I read in the Houston Home Journ al a few weeks ago that the city is now spraying for the mosquitoes from an airplane. I would like to know how often they spray and just how much does it cost the City each time they spray? —J. M., Perry. Action Line contacted city commissioner Gene Smith, who said that the first spraying for mos quitoes was supposed to start last week but was delayed by crop dusting activities by the sprayer. First spraying should come this week, with repeats every 2 - 3 weeks. Each spraying will cost the city S4OO. * * Can Action Line tell me how much money the Mayor and City Councilmen of Perry make? —T E„ Perry. City Clerk Mrs. Ruth Bunting gave Action Line the figures on this one. The Mayor’s salary is SSOO per month; each Councilman gets S2OO per month * * * How many registered voters are there in Hous ton County? —A. 8., Perry. Action Line learned from Mrs. Ann Smith in the Houston County Tax Commissioner’s office in Perry that at the lime of the last election, a special Board of Education election, there were 18,597 registered voters in the county. The figure is high er now due to new registrations, but the exact figure was not available on short notice. Jfe Houston Home Journal Perry's Hometown, Communitf Newspaper for the Past 100 Years Perry City Council Sets Public Hearing July 13 A public hearing is sche duled at the Perry City Hall Monday night, July 13, at 7:30 p. m. lor the purpose of presenting new “Compre hensive Planning and Zon ing Ordinance.” The recently completed or dinance was drawn up for the City by the Middle Geor gia Area and Planning Com mission, after several months of an intensive study made by the MGAPC on Perry’s present and future needs in the area of planning and Branch’s Off To Press Convention Editor and Mrs. Bobby Branch and children, Hobby and Lee left Perry Wednesday night after the publication of The Home Journal to attend the 84th annual convention of the Press Association at Jekyll Is land. Highlights of the four day convention will feature Govern or Lester Maddox’s annual state of the stale address and an appearance by gubernatori al candidates. Dr. Bell Heads Optometrists Dr. Leonard \V. Bell, of Perry, has been installed as President of the Sixth Dis trict Optometric Society, a unit of the Georgia Opto metric Association. All State and local officers took of fice at the recent conven tion of the group at Bucca neer Motor Lodge, Jekyll Island. Dr. Bell has served as chairman of the Visual Train ing and Children’s Vision committees of the GOA. He recently completed a one year post-graduate course in the subject at the Gesell In stitute of Child Develop ment. He has served as a mem ber of the City Council and as Vice-Mayor. Dr. Bell has been a member of the Board of Stewards of the Perry Methodist Church and com mander of the American Le gion. ham. The Pabst officials flew into the Perry-Fort Valley Airport priday for a tour of Pabst Plant in Perry. Graham, who lives in Atlanta, will move to Perry when the plant opens in August or September. zoning. Mayor Malcolm Reese said, “This new ordinance is very important to Perry for the present needs of the City as well as a long range need for the future. We want to invite taxpayers of Perry to come down to City Hall on July 13, and find out all a bout our new ordinance on planning and zoning. The Council, along with represen tatives of Middle Georgia Planning Commission, will try and answer any questions the public has about the new ordinance,” the Mayor said. Mayor Reese pointed out that the new plan is the first major change the city of Per ry has made in planning and Council Opposes Festival The members of the Perry City Council have gone on record unanimously as oppos ing the “Pop Festival” to be held at Byron, Ga., July 3-5, According to a resolution pre pared by James O. McKinley and introduced on June 18 to the other councilmen, their ob jections are on the grounds of their feeling that “certain ele ments of our society are de generating to low standards of morality and conduct;” and they feel that “our best efforts of leadership are necessary to see that only programs bene ficial to the culture, good char acter and good citizenship of our youth are carried out.” The resolution was approved and signed by council mem bers James O. McKinley, H. E. Smith, Frank Leonard Jr., Al ton Hardy, Dan Britton, and John Barton. Teen Dance Saturday Teen Club Saturday Night at Perry Country Club, 8:30- 11:30. The visiting combo will be the Ladenstone Odys sey. For members and their guests only. zoning since it was first ado pted here. Councilman James McKin ley, who heads up Council’s planning and zoning commit tee, told The Home Journal that if the new ordinance is adopted it will pave the way to putting Perry in line for a number of Federal loans and grants and other govern mental programs. McKinley said the propos ed planning ordinance for Perry is one of the most modern and up to date in the state. The plan, which is lengthy, was sent out to local attor neys, realtors, builders and other interested persons sev eral weeks ago. i ’% / JoHß^^^^B^BßßS«|?p^''||| DR. A. G. HENDRICK wa< honored by the Perry Ex change Club Friday for his long years of service to his profession and to the community of Perry. John Lynn, vice president of the Perry Exchange Club, presents Dr. Hendrick with a "Book of Golden Deeds Award", one of the highest awards presented by the National Exchange Budget Released By School Board Houston County School Board officials released a tentative copy of their an nual budget Tuesday after noon with some very definite doubts about receiving en ough Federal funds to bal ance the budget. The tentative budget for the 1970-71 school year is $7,990,071.23 compared to a budget for the 1969-70 school year of $7,349,556. The thing that has school officials worried is the pos sibility of not receiving some $700,000 in Federal funds. The officials are not sure whether they will receive all the Federal funds due to the county because of a hold up in the Congress on the funds and because a Bill now in Congress that would release the funds has been pushed aside while the Sen ate debates the Cambodia situation. County School Supt. David Perdue left Wednesday night for Washington to talk to Senators and Congressmen about trying to get the bill through, which would re lease some $425 million for public education around the country. If the Federal funds do not come through to the County, the board will have to ask for a tax increase to make up the more than $700,- 000 loss, according to Per due. Assistant Supt. Seabie Hickson said other reasons for a higher budget include Perry Enters Stay and See Contest The official entry of Perry in the 1970 Stay and See Georgia Program has been announced by Don Johnson of Columbus, Third District Chairman, and Elwyn Mc- Kinney, Executive Director of the Perry Area Chamber of Commerce. District Three includes Co lumbus, Fort Valley/Peach Co., Hamilton, Lumpkin, Montezuma/Macon Co„ Per ry, and Pine Mountain. Stay and See Georgia is a statewide program design increased teacher’s salaries, vandalism in the schools, new airconditioned buildings being put into use, increased SCHOOL BUDGET TENTATIVE GENERAL OPERATING BUDGET FOR 1970- 71 July 1, 1970—June 30, 1971 HOUSTON COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION ANTICIPATED RECEIPTS: Local Sources $1,942,408.29 State Sources 5,272,392.34 Federal Sources 772.270.60 Non-revenue 3,000.00 GRAND TOTAL RECEIPTS $7,990,071.23 ANTICIPATED PAYMENTS: Administration $ 168,542.00 Regular Instruction 5,953,073.24 Special Instruction 76,630.81 Attendance Services 11,574.00 Transportation 281,283.00 Operation of Plant 507,825.00 Maintenance of Plant 205.562.80 Fixed Charges 455,250.00 Capital Outlay 188,200.00 Textbook & Library; sick leave—transfer 142,130.38 GRAND TOTAL PAYMENTS $7,990,071.23 The above operating budget for 1970-71 was tentatively adopted by the Houston County Board of Education on June 18, 1970, and is published herein in conformity with Act. No. 523 (SB 180) of the 1964 Session of the General Assembly of Geor gia. It will be adopted in its final form at its meet ing on July 14, 1970 at 10:00 A. M. in the County Board of Education Office Building, Perry, Geor gia. DAVID A. PERDUE, Superintendent L. C. WALKER, Chairman ed to help communities pro mote tourism by means of a do-it-yourself program of at tracting, serving and enter taining travelers. Tourism, the fastest-developing indus try in our nation today, is a $646.8 million dollar per year industry for Georgia. Participants in Stay and See Georgia form five com mittees; “Clean-up and Beau tification,” “Courtesy and Hospitality,” “New Attrac tions,” “Points of Interest,” and “Accomodations and Fa cilities.” Projects are under Club to outstanding citizens in tha community. Mrs. Hen drick it holding another part of tha special award that is designed to be placed on Dr. Hendrick's desk. Dr. Hendrick has long been recognized at one of the most de dicated and hard working physicians in the state. (Home Journal Photo). salaries for nonprofessional employees of the schools and the increase costs of supplies and maintenance. taken in these areas and the results will be judged by a panel of out-of-state travel editors in October. Prizes will be awarded to the communities judged as having done the best job of developing their overall tou rist potential through the program. Presentation of a wards will take place at the Stay and See Georgia “Car nival of Awards” Banquet and Ball in November, 1970, at the Martinique Motor Ho tel in Columbus, Ga.