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. WATER IS COOL. You're not seeing
doobk. Its the Shelton twins, Thomas and Lewis, cooling
off m the pool at the Ocklahatchee Park this week in
Lions Club Cancels Carnival Here
The annual carnival spon
sored by the Perry Lions
Club closed down Tuesday,
alter being open only one
day. The carnival was sche
duled to bo in Perry all this
week.
A spokesman for the local
Sam Nunn Jr. Gets
Chamber Position
Sam Nunn Jr., Attorney at
Law, Perry, has been appointed
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Mrs. Harrison To Head
Day School's English Dept.
The Board of Trustees of the
Perry Christian Day School an
nounced this week that Mrs.
Florence Harrison has been
employed to head the school’s
English Department on the high
school level.
The statement issued by the
trustees slated, “In keeping
with our desire to staff our
school with the finest proses
Register to Vote Deadline July 20
Lions said, “We had to close
the carnival because of lack
of support stemming from a
boycott by the colored com
munity,” he said.
The spokesman said he had
no idea why the carnival was
boycotted by the black com
ic the Industrial Deve.opmenl
Council of the Georgia Cham
ber of Commerce.
Announcement of the appoint
ment was made by Georgia
Chamber President. A. W. Hol
loway of Albany.
The Council, a 100-man de
velopment team representing
all sections of the stale, is
headed by Allen H. Douglas,
Resident Vice President of the
Southern Railway System. It
conducts a four-pronged eco
nomic program which includes
Red Carpet industrial tours of
the s.ate. promotion of greater
agricultural product processing,
community development assist
ance to local business leaders
and further efforts to expand
labor proficiency and technical
training lor Georgia youth.
sional teachers available, we
feel very fortunate to add Mrs.
Harrison to our staff. We feel
that we have the strongest to
tal school faculty of any school
in this area and we are look
ing forward to meeting the
challenge that has been pre
sented to us to provide our stu
dents with the finest program
available.’’
the 100 degree weather. The pool has been the cooling
off spot for many Perryans this summer. Thomas and
Lewis are the children of Mr. and Mrs. Charles I. Shel
ton of Perry. (Home Journal Photo).
munity in Perry. He said
the carnival is the biggest
fund raising project the lo
cal Lions undertake each
year and that because of
the failure of the carnival
this week the Lions chari
table projects will be cut
back.
“I can tell you one thing,”
the Lions Club spokesman
said, “the same people who
boycotted our carnival will
Newcomers to City
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Anderson
Apt. 108 G, Tara Apts.
Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Byrd
Apt. 108 C, Tara Apts.
Mr. Paul Hardin Jr.
610 Elko Road
Mr. Archie Bryant
1338 Parkway Drive
Mr. and Mrs. Ira Yerem
NEW OFFICERS OF THE PERRY ROTARY CLUB
are from left, Lewis Tedders, Jerry Rogers, Harold Jen
find that we will not be able
to donate free eyeglasses
and eye examinations to the
many in their community
who have been helped by us
in the past. We just won’t
have the funds,” the Lion
member said.
The carnival was set up
on a vacant lot adjoining
the Creekwood Subdivision
on U. S. Highway 41 south,
just past Big Indian Bridge.
Apt. 101 D, Tara Apts.
Mr. Jack Dossett
604 Pineridge
Mr. and Mrs. Robert R.
Chrismas, 1303 Tucker Ave.
Mr. Woodrow E. Burton
642 Pineridge St.
Thomas G. Tripp
509 Stanley St.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Keen
1504 Tucker Road
TV Cameras Roll Into
Perry For Shooting Sat.
Bill VVinkis, Producer of the
Miss Central Georgia Pageant,
said that a camera crew from
WMAZ-TV in Macon, will be in
Perry Saturday to begin film
ing the commercials for the
live colorcast of the pageant
on August 22.
Winkis told The Home Journ
al, “We hope all the merchants
and residents of the Perry area
will get everything as ship
shape as possible for the cam
eras Saturday.”
Winkis pointed out that he
has noticed some areas in town
Special Coin Show
Will Be Held Here
Emmette W. Cater, director
of the Middle Georgia Coin
Dealers Association, today an
nounced that the annual Middle
Georgia coin show will be held
in Perry, Sunday, July 19 from
10 a. m. to 6 p. m. at the Con
tinental Room of the Holiday-
Inn of Perry.
Mr, Cater, in charge of se
curity for the show, stated that
many hundreds of thousands of
dollars will be displayed for
the general public and coin
hobbyists . . . all interested to
Board
Adopts
Budget
The Houston County Board of
Education in a meeting Tues
day approved a record budget
for the school year 1970-71 in
the amount of $7,990,071.23.
The board has hired a total of
118 new teachers for the 70-71
school year. A total of 137
teachers resigned, retired or
left their jobs for various rea
sons. The school system is now
48 teachers short for the school
year and Assistant Superintend
ent Joe Williamson said that
the area of math teachers is
critical.
The board ended the fiscal
year on June 30. with a total
of $205,000 in the bank. Federal
impact funds came to the coun
ningt, David Walker, President T. Wayne Bloodworth
PhoVo) ' All#n Tabor ' Ra,ph Gentry. (Home Journal
around a tew moicis mat neeu
to be cleaned up. He said there
is paper and other trash along
highways that should be remov
ed before the cameras start
rolling.
The pageant, which is being
directed and produced by the
Perry Jaycees, is being spon
sored by the Perry Area Cham
ber of Commerce at a cost of
some $7,000. All the commercial
time for the live 90 minute
special will contain a living col
or promotion of the City of
Perry and its industry, indus
trial opportunities, retail busi
buy, sell or trade. Coins of all
variety United States issue and
foreign will be on hand—gold,
silver and paper currency dat
ed back to the 1700’s will be
displayed.
Mr. Cater stall'd that 15 of
the largest dealers in South
eastern United Slates will be
in Perry for the show. This is
the first time the show has been
hosted by the city of Perry and
it is hoped to become an an
nual event.
Admission will be free.
ly just before the fiscal year
ended in the amount of $494.-
000, The County is still suppos
ed to receive more fedral funds
in the next few months.
A settlement of $121,000 was
accepted by the Board from the
insurance companies for the
May 1969 fire that destroyed
the old gym at the old Perry
Junior High School .
Perry City Hall
Open Until 12
Noon Saturday
For Voter
Registration
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ness resources, tourism attract
ions and facilities, domestic fa
cilities, homes, schools,
churches and other highlights
of community life in Perry.
Winkis staled that filming of
the commercials will begin at
9 a. m. Saturday morning and
continue all day. The commerc
ials, which will be filmed en
tirely in color, will have a nar
ration to go along with the film
footage.
“We are all very excited a
bout the entire program and
what it is going to do to cre
ate interest in Perry,” Winkis
said. “We believe that when
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I had my telephone installed in December of
1968, and was informed that my $25 deposit would
be refunded after six months. I applied for my re
fund, but even though I called and visited the of
fice several times to inquire about it I have never
received it. Can Action Line help?
Mrs. Warren Cummings, Perry.
Action Line is happy to help you. Kenneth Ald
ridge, local manager of General Telephone, con
tacted the district office in Durham, N. C., about
your complaint. He was told that your check was
mailed to you at the address on your records, which
is P. 0 Box 101, Perry. This check was mailed on
June 30, Since you have not received the check by
now, General Telephone will stop payment on it
and issue you another check. By the time you read
this, your check should be in your hands. If not,
just contact Mr. Aldridge.
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I see so many cars around each motel, especial
ly during the vacation season. How many rooms
are there in all of Perry’s motels combined?
N. 8., Perry.
Records at the Perry Area Chamber of Com
merce reveal that Perry has 866 motel units avail
able at present, according to Elwyn McKinney,
Vice President of the Chamber.
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I have a neighbor who has a lot of junk stacked
up in his back yard, and it is not only an eyesore
but it looks pretty unsanitary also. Is there some
law against stacking junk up in your yard here?
„ _ : G - L., Perry.
Harry Griggs, Building official and Zoning En
forcement Officer for Perry, said there in an ordi
nance on the books. Section 310.8 of the minimum
housing code, which prohibits the open storage of
rubbish on your premises. So your neighbor may
be breaking a law, if that is what he is doing.
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I have read and heard so much about narcotics
recently that I really don’t know what to believe.
It seems that heroine is probably the worse drug
to get hooked on. Can you tell me whether a per
son can become addicted with just one shot of
heroine?
—C. A. Perry.
Answer: Physically, no. But if you felt pleased
wUh the result of “shooting” or enjoyed the eupho
ria, yes, because addiction will occur with about
the third mainline. In other words as soon as the
tolerance begins to develop to the drug, addiction
has already begun. When tolerance begins the per
son using hero i now cannot elicit euphoric respon
ses, he can n w only use the heroin to subside the
pain and ar ,ny of withdrawal. Addiction has been
theorized to occur at a cellular level, and withdraw
al pain will be experienced in each and every cell
of a persons body. When the tolerance is initiated
the drug has become a part of the normal body as
food is a part, and the body cannot function without
the drug.
the 500,000 to 750.000 people in
the Middle Georgia area see
this program and the spots a
bout Perry, that everyone
watching is going to know that
Perry is a good place to live
and make a living,” Winkis
slated.
The live colorcast will origi
nate from the Perry High
School Gym which will be set
up to accommodate 2,500 live
viewers. Color TV monitors
will also be located at several
areas in the audience so that
the audience can see what the
people at home are seeing on
TV.