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L m f A good Place to Live I and Make A Living I VOL. 100 NO. 28 PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY, OA. 31069, THURSDAY, JULY 9, 1970 SINGLE COPY 15c *'■ * • *" »’ i r - - J I MAYOR MALCOLM REESE PROCLAIMS "C*t Out and Vote Week" in Perry. The public affairs committee of the Perry Woman's Club is sponsoring a city-wide register to vote and vote campaign. Standing I. to r., Mrs. J. C. Meadows (president of the club), Mrs. W. S. Jack Perryons Will Vote On $150,000 Library In Referendum August 25. Perry City Council voted I Tuesday night to hold a ref fjjA crendum on August 25, to 1“ let voters in Perry decide whether or not they want the city to issue bonds in the amount of $150,000 to build a library. Dr. J. R. Arnall and other members of the library board here appeared before Coun cil and Arnall stated that the money from the bond is sue will be used to purchase land and construct a build ing of about 5,000 square feet. The Council decided to set the bond issue vote up so that it can be paid off in 15 years. I Hollis Joins Home Journal As Adv. Mgr Home Journal editor Bobby Branch announced this week the appointment of Robert F. 'Bobby) Hollis as advertising manager for the newspaper. Hollis is a native of Warner Robins and attended Warner Robins public schools and grad uated from Warner Robins High School. He attended Mid dle Georgia College and Geor gia Southwestern College. • Before joining the staff of The Home Journal. Hollis was a sales representative for Wa terman-Bic Pen Corp. He is a member of the First Lnited Methodist Church of Warner Robins. Hollis, who is unmarried, resides at the Tara Apartments. Branch stated, “We are hap py to have a man of Bob Hol lis’s caliber associated with The Home Journal and 1 am sure he is going to be a real asset to the newspaper.’’ • m ‘ 808 HOLLIS The Houston Home Journal The Perry library has been faced with moving from the present location in the base ment of the courthouse be cause of the lack of space and because the county needs more office space in the courthouse. Councilman Alton Hardy told Coun :il that because of the recent hot weather and lack of rain that the City’s water plant has been pump ing an average of \ x k mil lion gallons or water a day for the past month. He point ed out that it has been nec essary to pump a consider- Coming Events The regular meetin.' of the Newcomers Club will be held Tuesday. July 14 at 6 p. m. at Ochlahatchee Park with a family picnic. Teen Club, Saturday night, Perry Country Club, 8:30- 11:30 p. m. for Teen Club members and their guests. Music will be furnished by a combo from Statesboro, The Critical Mass. This group has a record out and also will be backing up Step pen wolf on Friday in Sav annah. All members are urg ed to be present. The Perry Business Woman’s Club will meet at 7:30 p. m.. Thursday, July 9. at Ochlahat chee Park for their annual pic nic. Methodist Set 'Pick A Peach’ Sunday, July 12, is ‘‘Pick a Peach” day at Perry United Methodist Church. In a pre vious “primary” election, five finalists were chosen in each of three categories, ‘‘Mini Peach” for grade school girls; ‘‘Midi Peach” for high school or college girls: and “Maxi Peach” for the adult ladies. Sunday the “general eled on” will be held to select the “Peach” in each category. Finalists for “Mini Peach” are Cathy Cawthon, Nancy Shelton, Jennifer Vogt, Tam my Whitworth, and Fran Worrall. “Midi Peach” fin alists are Mary Chew, Lisa Ogletree, Toni Paul, Judy St. John, and Linda Walker. “Maxi Peach” contestants are Barbara Cochran, Jackie Marshall. Coralie Nunn, Chloe Staples and Frances Worrall. Perry's Hometown, Community Newspaper for the Past 100 Years i son, Mrs. M. J. Van Atdalan, Mrs. F. G. Volz, Mrs. B. B. Nall. Members of the committee not shown are Mrs. Ed Willis, Mrs. Lewis Pearson, Mrs. William Edwards, Mrs. Alex Vuxta, Mrs. Ed Hurley. (Home Journal Photo). able amount of raw water into the system to keep up with the demand on the wa ter. The raw water is not dangerous to drink but it has not been treated com pletely by a chemical pro cess that removes and excess of iron and other deposits. Hardy and City engineer Bill Green reported that bids for a new water treatment plant in the city will be opened next year and that completion on the new plant will probably take between 9 to 12 months. The new treatment plant will elimi nate the pumping of any raw water into the system to keep up with the demand. The Council voted to al lot SI,OOO to the Houston Recreation Park for the op eration of the swimming pool and park for the re mainder of the summer. The park is being operated by the Adult Training Union Inc. Councilman Alton Har dy said the funds will be used to purchase chemicals and supplies for the pool and to pay the lifeguards. Mayor Reese pointed out 3K "~ t '“ A V *# ‘~ - Vmmll V B ' ■ m -, B W jr vv 1 j ,^c r ■ ■ -&* ' 1-> , ** ; , ‘ CHILDREN AT THE POP FESTIVAL cooled est the best way they could. These two youngsters, who were wandering around the festival, were playing in a mud that the public hearing on the new Comprehensive Planning and Zoning Plan for Perry will be held at City Hall Monday night. In other action, the Coun cil entered a contract with Gulf Oil Corp. for one year for the purchase of all gaso line for city vehicles. Coun cil also decided to divide the millagc of taxes in the City to use 13Vfe mills for general tax and Ms mill for retirement of bonds. Total tax millage in Perry is 14 mills and the Council must decide at this time each year how to distribute the tax. Councilman John Barton said he will report on a meth od of underground garbage pickup for the City of Per ry. Barton said he has been to Moultrie, Ga., and is studying their method of gar bage pickup. Inside this week Photos on Pop Festival and School Vandalism SIOO,OOO Modular Home Plant To Be Built Here Systems Structures, Ltd. of Macon will conduct offi cial ground-breaking cere monies at 4 p. m. on Monday, July 27, at the site of its new $100,000,00 modular home manufacturing plant which will be constructed on the east side of U. S. 41, ap proximately two miles south of Perry. State Labor Commissioner Sam Caldwell will be the principal speaker at the groundbreaking. A number of other state, county and municipal officials have been invited to attend the ground breaking ceremonies. The public is also invited to at tend. Perry was selected by Sys tems Structures as the loca tion for its new facility be Voter Registration Drive Underway ! Vote as you please but VOTE! The week of July 13-17 has been officially proclaimed as Voter Registration Week in Perry by Mayor Malcolm Reese. The Perry Woman’s Club with Mrs. Elmo Meadows as president and Mrs. B, B, Nall as chairman of the Public Af fairs committee are making a concentrated effort to gel peo ple of the county registered and to vote in the primary election on September 9 and in the gen eral election of November 3. To review the requirements for voter registration, one must be 18 years old, lived in the State of Georgia for one year and in the county for six months. The deadline for regis- Houston County Will Now Be Lucky NO. 13 A 60 percent increase in pop ulation in the last 10 years places Houston County in the number 13 place in the state, running behind Fulton, DeKalb, Cobb, Chatham, Richmond, Muscogee, Bibb, Clayton, Dougherty, Floyd, Gwinnett and Clarke, in that order. Along with the population rise, retail sales are reported hoi* mod* from th* drainag* of th* opon showers. Thor* was a number of small children at the festival just walk ing around entertaining themselves. cause it afforded the three primary modular manufac turing plant considerations of highway accessibility, bountiful labor supply and close proximity to support industries and shops, accord ing to an official of the com pany. The modern and industri ally engineered facility is scheduled to open October 1, 1970. The plant will be capable of producing one complete home each day, and gross sales will be ap proximately $2 million an nually. The plant will have capability for rapid inter change between production line models and a minimum of twelve separate elevations are currently planned. Mar keting will be through estab tration to vote in the elections coming up are July 20 for the Primary and September 14 for the General election. You should know that the County Registrar’s Office in the Court House is opened from 8:30 a. m. to 5 p. m. Monday through Friday. To vote in the city elections, you must also register at the City Hall. The office is opened from 8 a, m. to 5 p. m. Monday through Thursday and until 6 p. m. on Friday. Committee members of the public affairs committee are Mrs. Ed Willis, Mrs. W. S. Jackson, Mrs. Lewis Pearson, Mrs. William Edwards, Mrs. W. G. Volz. Mrs. Alex Vuxta, Mrs. Marlin Van Asdalan, Mrs. Ed Hurley. to be 27.2 percent higher during the first quarter of 1970 than during the same period last year, according to Georgia State Chamber of Commerce figures. Sales in Houston Coun ty ranked 15th in Georgia, with sales of $26,213,000 this year. For the same period last year sales were $20,611,000. lished distributor outlets, li censed contractors, land de velopers and through the land development and sales segment of the corporation itself. Systems Structures, Ltd, was organized in July 1969, and the officers of the cor poration are: Virlyn Slaton, Chairman of the Board of Directors; Earle Williams, president and director; Har ry Keefe, vice president manufacturing and director; and Tommy Gregory, vice president-marketing and di rector. The other members of the Board of Directors _i__ i| I •i 'Coll i; WWWWWWWVWWVWSftAWWWWVWWVW%VWWVSft Why didn’t my daughter, Jeanette Grace, re ceive her final six weeks grades from Perry High School? She left an envelope at the school with her address so they could be mailed to her, but never received them. Can you help? —Mrs. Pauline Allen, Perry. Action Line contacted Mrs. Lillian Gammage, secretary to Principal Hubert Hutcherson at Perry High School, and learned that all grades were mailed to Perry High students. Apparently your daughter’s grades were lost in the mail. If she will go by the school office, which is open all summer, she can obtain another copy of her grades. ♦ * ♦ ♦ * We are two residents of the new Hermitage Subdivision on Highway 341 (Hawkinsville Hwy.) just outside Perry, and since we do not have city garbage pickup have contracted with Tri-County Sanitation ol Centerville to collect our garbage. It is collected, but not on any kind of regular schedule and sometimes piles up while we wait for it to be hauled off. Can you help get our garbage 'picked up regularly? —Mrs. Lohmeyer & Mrs. Mitchell, Perry Garbage seems to be everybody’s problem these days, and Action Line would certainly like to see it solved. Mrs. Davis at Tri-County Sanitation was also concerned, and explained that equipment breakdowns were the main reason for irregular pick-ups. She said that new equipment has been ordered and the situation should be better soon. ***** How many Negro and white teachers were hired to teach summer school under Title I? Please give this on the basis of individual schools par ticipating. —Robert Givins, Perry. Action Line obtained figures from Milton Suth erlm, Federal Coordinator of the Houston County schools on this one. The total of 78 teachers in cludes a health nurse and a psychological testing director. Administrative staffs are at the school centers, and also aides. The breakdown is 32 teach ers and 6 aides at Pearl Stephens at Warner Rob ins; 12 teachers and 2 aides at Kings Chapel in Perry; 14 teachers and 3 aides at Southside in Per ry; and 18 teachers and 2 aides at New Hope in Perry. The ratio of white to black is the same as during the school year, in keeping with the redera! court desegregation order, which is 75% white to 25% black. ♦*• * * Who are the members of the City Planning and Commission and how much salary are they Harry Griggs, Building Official and Zoning En forcement Officer for the City of Perry, told Action Line that Jim O’Neal is Chairman of the commis sion, with Richard Jones, Paul King, Ed Willis, and Henry Casey serving as members with him. Thev are not on salary, but on a set fee for each meet ing and must attend the meeting to draw that Jiairman s fee is $35 per meeting; members, |25 1 eetings are usually held around once each month ***** Would you piease publish the hours of onera Hon for the Perry Public Library? Our librarian, Mrs. Alice Gilbert^satd thatTeg ulai hours for the library are n m a •? -t Wednesday, and during June, July and Aue wV lbrary is open morn ings from 10-12 excent HunT e an n d e t d H ay S>turd ** She and Mrs ToS assist TO.. h th r y ° Ung belpers are happy to assist you there, and newcomers are invited tn make use of their facilities. ® d t 0 Eighteen Pages Two Sections are William H. Whatley, At lanta; Prank H. Edwards, Atlanta; Thomas Brown, Ma con; and Charles A. Zaccari, Macon. Officials of the company pointed out that initial em ployment will be 36 persons. They said that some hard core unemployed will be used in the plant and train ed under a state labor de partment program. Virlyn Slaton stated, “We are very happy to be com ing to Perry and we think we will be good citizens and neighbors in your commun ity,” he said.