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A Visit to the Rock Festival - - - Lots of Action
It was early Tuesday morning and many of
the more than 2,000 teenagers gathered near Byron
at the Middle Georgia Raceway for this weekend’s
Rock Festival were just beginning to get out of
bed.
The early arrivals to the festival, which is ex
pected Jo draw as many as a 100,000, are camped
in areas surrounding the raceway. The woods are
of tents and make-shift shelters that are occupied
by those who can be called really ‘Hippies” and
those who not so “Hippie”.
Many of the rock fans have come to Middle
Georgia from as far away as New York, Ohio, Indi
ana, New Jersey and other states.
The Home Journal talked to one boy who was
from New Jersey. He said the rock festival at By
ron looked as though it was going to be a real
“Freak Out.”
“Man, we are going to have a ball at this freak
out,” the bearded, long haired New Jersey youth
said, “This thing has got all the makings of being
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Graduates of the 1950 class of Perry High School
held their reunion Saturday night at Ochlahatchee Club
House, with 18 of the 29 graduates attending. Seated I.
to r., Ann Batchelor Langston, Kathryn Harris Harvester,
Sara Abrams Pottenger. Standing, front row, Chesley
Nunn Elected
State Planners
Perry Attorney and State
Rep. Sam Nunn Jr. has been
elected vice president of the
State Planning Commission.
Nunn, who is now serving
his second term on the Mid
dle Georgia Area Planning
Commission, has also served
as president of the MGAPC.
The membership of the
State Planning Association
is made up of persons em
ployed in planning as well
as interested laymen and
persons affiliated with plan
ning such as the board mem
bers of local planning com
missions.
The purpose of the asso
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ciation is to promote under
standing of planning among
the general public and to
sponsor continuing educa
tion projects for planners.
SAM NUNN JR.
one really smash out and I’m already having like
a very groovy time out here in this very wooded but
nice place,” he said.
Many of the young people who arrived early
are working for the promoters of the festival help
ing erect fences, stages, towers and public toilets.
Most of the workers are staying in one area behind
the race track and they have their own eat.ng,
bathing and toilet facilities.
Middle Georgia has already begun to feel the
effects of the Rock Festival as hundreds of rock
fans pour through all sections of the mid-state on
their way to the rock site near Byron.
The Interstate 75 Interchange is cluttered with
visitors to the rock festival as they walk to the
restaurants in Byron to eat.
A Methodist church in Warner Robins has set
up a first aid and food station near the site to help
any of the rock fans who might need their assist
ance. The Methodists have been busy since setting
up the stand with everything from a stumped toe
Perry's Hometown, Community Newspaper for the Past 100 Years
Cawthon, Barbara Jones, Jean Clark Lyles, Betty Ann
Smith Poole, Mildred Greene Newberry, Evelyn Gilbert
Cawthon, and Thomas J. (Jack) Smith. Back row, Seabie
Hickson, Bobby Satterfield, Sherrill Stafford, Ben New
berry, Jeff Pierce Jr., Billy Gray and Jimmy Lewis.
Hulbert Heads City Attorneys
David Hulbert, Perry City
Attorney, was named Presi
dent of the City Attorney
section at the Georgia Muni
cipal Association’s annual
convention held on Jekyll Is
land June 21-23.
Perry City Councilman Al
ton Hardy was named Vice
President of the Third Dis
trict of the Georgia Muni
cipal Association.
Attending the convention
from Perry with their wives
and husbands were Mayor
Malcolm Reese; City Com
missioners Alton Hardy,
John Barton, Frank Leonard
and James McKinley; City
Clerk Mrs. Neal Bunting Jr.;
Water and Sewer Plants
Supt. A1 Meens; Maintenance
PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY, GA. 31069, THURSDAY, JULY 2, 1970.
Supt. Edward Warren; Build
ing Inspector Harry Griggs;
and City Attorney David
Hulbert.
Stores Will
Close July 4
Most stores in Perry will
be closed Saturday in obser
vance of the Independence
Day holiday.
A few merchants will close
both Friday and Saturday
but the majority of the local
stores will remain open Fri
day and close Saturday.
to youths who wanted the Methodists to mail a let
ter for them.
Concession stands have sprung up all along the
area of the festival with many of them advertising
that they are open 24 hours a day serving food, cof
fee and soft drinks.
Some property owners in the area of the fes
tival haven’t taken to the idea and have posted
hundreds of “No Trespassing” signs all along their
property. Some of the property owners in the area
have even roped off their land in an attempt to
keep the festival visitors from trespassing.
The chief promoter of the festival here, Chris
Cowing of Atlanta, told The Home Journal Tues
day morning that ticket sales are not going as fast
as expected at this time. But he stated that even
if ticket sales are slow he expects more than 60,000
at the very least to show up for the 3 day festival
of rock music.
The rock festival will have a number of police
officers in attendance. Besides officers from Hous
ton, Peach and Bibb Counties, Governor Lester
Christian Day School
Purchases 28 Acre Site
The board of trustees of
the Perry Christian Day
School announced this week
that they have purchased a
site on which the school will
be constructed.
The site for the new
school is 28 acres just south
of the Holly Hills subdivi
sion on Highway 41. The
land was purchased from
Billy and Ed Beckham and
L. E. Hicks.
“The purchase of this bea
utiful site is in keeping with
the constant aim of the Per
ry Christian Day School to
establish the finest school of
its type in Middle Georgia
area,” a spokesman for the
school said.
Curtis Riner
Retires From
Colonial
Curtis A. Riner Sr., mana
ger of the Colonial Store in
Perry since 1962, has taken
a medical retirement after
28 years in the grocery busi
ness, 22 of them with Colo
nial Stores, Inc. His employ
ment with Colonial began in
May 1948. Before coming to
Perry he served as manager
of the Pio Nono Ave. Colo
nial Store in Macon.
Mr. Riner expressed his
appreciation to his many loy-
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Chamber of Commerce which is sponsoring the Miss Cen
tral Georgia Pageant to be televised in color from Perry
on August 22 met at the New Perry Hotel Monday for a
School officials said they
studied some 20 locations be
fore deciding on the announ
ced site. They pointed out
that the site will give the
school an opportunity to
meet future demands for ex
pected growth.
School officials said that
long range plans call for the
construction of 2 academic
centers to be used for lower
grades and high school
grades. The long range plan
of the school also calls for
an administration complex,
lunchroom, gymnasium and
athletic field.
The school now has more
than 400 students registered
for classes to begin in Sep
tember.
al customers for their pat
ronage and friendship dur
ing his years at the Perry
store, and said that he hopes
this loyalty with be trans
ferred to the new manager
whose name will be announ
ced in the near future.
Celebration
The Perry Country Club
will hold its annual Fourth
of July celebration at the
club Saturday with golfing
and swimming during the
day and a covered dish sup
per at 7 p. m. followed by
an entertainment program.
Families of members and
their guests are invited to
attend the festivities.
Maddox is sending about 40 state troopers and sev
eral GBI agents to spend the weekend at the festi
val.
When asked about the police protection one of
the rock fans told The Home Journal, “Man, we
don’t need any police protection because all of us
are like non-violent. We love everybody, man, and
we’re not going to get violent with anyone,” he
said.
The early arrivals were well on their way to
work as The Home Journal Reporter left Tuesday.
1 hey were painting, driving nails and carrying
lumber in an effort to get ready for the big week
end. Both boys and girls were working side by side
getting the job done. All were having a good time
and the excitement over the upcoming festival was
everywhere.
It looks as though this will be a big weekend
for Middle Georgia in all kinds of ways ... If
you’re not a rock music fan you might as well stay
away from Byron this weekend.
Hall Hired By The Bank Os Perry
W. V. Tuggle, President
of The Bank of Perry, an
nounced this week the hiring
of a new vice president for
the bank here.
Tuggle said Gary Hall asso
ciated for the past six years
with Georgia Bank and Trust
Co. in Macon, will assume
his new duties with the bank
on Monday, July 6. Hall was
installment loan manager
with Georgia Bank.
Hall attended public
schools in Macon, and is a
graduate of Willingham High
School and Georgia South
western College. He is also
a graduate of the Georgia
Banking School at the Uni
versity of Georgia and holds
an AIB certificate in bank
ing. While in Macon, he was
active in the Mable White
Baptist Church and served
as a deacon. He was also act
ive in youth programs at the
church and served as a
training union director. lie is
a member of the Macon
Downtown Lions Club and
has been active in various
civic and charitable projects
in Macon.
He and his wife, Gail, and
two sons, are moving to Per
ry this weekend.
BANK PROMOTES TWO
Mr. Tuggle also announc
ed the promotion of two oth
er officers at the Bank of
Perry. He said Lewis Meeks
luncheon and planning session. Left to right are Leen
MeWhite, Pete Dlearo, Lowell Register, Cohen Walker,
Wendell Whipple, Bobby Toggle, Bill Winkit, Buddy Tol
leson, Lewis Meeks and Joe Poole.
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has been promoted to execu
tive vice president and Har
old Jennings has been named
vice president and cashier.
GARY HALL
GENERAL TELEPHONE
COMPANY CLOSED
General Telephone Co. will
be closed on Friday, July 3,
in observance of the 4th of
July holiday.
Holiday traffic in the Per
ry area is expected to be at
an all time high with both
the holiday and rock festi
val traffic pouring through
Perry.