Houston home journal. (Perry, Houston County, Ga.) 1924-1994, July 08, 1971, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Textfl Shown here is the staff of the Perry Post Office as they prepared to |i| change over to the new U.S. Postal Service. The change came last Thursday B| as the loeal Post oHice he, d an all day open house for its’ patrons. From left, Sj B J Hunl Jr ’ Mrs - Jerrie Baker, Luther Mosteller, Thomas Mayo. Court I Council Issues 30 Day License Hassle Erupts Over Drive—ln fll Perry City ('ouncil got into hassle Tuesday night over ‘ B ;te or not the new mMhi'im- ",c In Theater IB he issued a license for IS' planned opening Friday Hght MM Tie controversy erupted |B\erth. fact that the theater complied with a State |S W * at requires a drive-in Kick Resigns Hospital Vost Here After 2 Years I Perry Hospital Ad linistrator, Austin Click, signed his post at the icdical facility here last wk. Click’s resignation ime in a letter last week Idressed to L. A. Mc onnell, Chairman of the ejston County Hospital pe Hospital Authority "animously ac- Pted Click’s resignation Jt each member wished well in his new job, hlch not yet been an- Dune ed- However, it was lm °red that Click will Sate CCePt 3 PoSiti ° n pck has been associated . Houston County r pitals for the past four rs and has served as istrator of the Perry JJJf 1 since it began Ration here over two ,/. S a |°- He retired from Force asa Lt. Colonel and he and his family e been residents of Perry His L PaSt several years - read in part, “I always have a feeling link B warm th when I nK about the Perrv. County Hospital and adp ( er COntr ibution I have from the start of its ,hroußh ita iL. manni "8. !<• S and operation. My is Jf rs with the hospital a rnost happy and IRB of the -onsumers theater with the screen facing the highway to con struct a fence or ‘blind’ that will shield the movie screen from passing motorists. Councilman Dot Roughton lead the discussion against Thompson Theaters being issued a license until such time as they comply with the state law. Roughton said R. personally rewarding association which I will always cherish.” The Authority has not yet found anyone to take Click’s place. Administrator Click told the Authority he would consider extending his resignation date of August 1, if he was needed until someone was hired to fill his position. In the past, Click has been praised for his work at the hospital, having taken the medical facility from the start and bringing it through trying times of getting established in the com munity. 4 Many Items On Sale 4 Sesquicentennial Store Opens The Sesquicentennial store has opened for business in Perry and a number of buttons and other items have gone on sale. The store is :|i: located at 1012 Ball Street, right behind Perry Phar mancy. The store is being operated for the Sesquicentennial Committee by the Perry Business Womens Club. The present hours of operation of the store are on Tuesday and :£ Thursday from 10 a.m. to 12 noon and from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. The store is open on Saturdays from 1 to 6 p.m. A spokesman for the club said that the hours will be ex tended as the date for the E. Thompson, owner of the theater, should have built the drive-in so the screen would not be facing the highway and then the matter would never have been a point of controversy. Thompson was represented by attorney Larry Walker who was asking Council to issue Thompson a license so that he could open his theater Friday night with the movie “Gone With The Wind”, which he had already booked. After a long and sometimes heated discussion, Council decided to issue Thompson a 30 day license to give him time to comply with the state law. Evidently, if Thompson hasn’t constructed a screen along the highway in 30 days, Council won’t issue him a permanent license. Voting not to issue the theater a license were Councilmen Dot Roughton, James McKinley and John Barton. Casting votes in favor of the 30 day license were Councilmen Frank Leonard, Dan Britton and Alton Hardy. Mayor Malcolm Reese had to cast the deciding vote and he voted in favor of the license. In other action, Council Sesquicentennial Clel bration draws nearer. The store already has a number of buttons on sale that include a ‘Brothers of the Brush’. With the pur chase of that button, a man with a beard also gets a certificate that allows him to enter the beard contest planned for the week of the events during Sept. 18 thru 25. For those who don’t grow a beard, there is a button on sale for $3. There are also buttons for youngsters in cluding a ‘Little Shaver’ button for boys and a ‘Little Miss Belle’ button for the girls. For the ladies, there are Centennial Bell buttons ney Mason, Postmaster Lawrence Hunt, Louie Davis, Mrs. Hilda Davis, Thomas Harvill, Lawrence Mosteller, Mrs. Evelyn McDaniel, Horace Braddock, John Barton. Not pictured are Mrs. Melba Mathis and David Muse. voted to re-zone two lots on Spring and Elm Streets belonging to Robert Lum pkin and Charles Desmuke. Lumpkin had requested the lots be re-zoned from residential to commercial. He said he plans to put a restaurant on the property. A group of citizens living in the neighborhood where the property is located appeared before Council to protest the re-zoning. They claimed Lumpkin is going to sell beer in the restaurant and that it will disrupt the residential Branch Named To Georgia Press Board Sam M. Griffin Jr., President of the Georgia Press Association and Editor of the Bainbridge Post-Searchlight, has named Houston Home Journal Editor-Publisher Bobby Branch to the G.P.A. Board of Managers for a two year term. Griffin was elected to head the Georgia Press at their 85th annual convention at Jekyll Island on June 19. The Board is made up of 11 Georgia newspapermen who and a ‘Sisters of the Swish’ certificate. The ladies can also purchase a ‘Cosmetic Permit’ which will allow them to wear make-up during the celebration. There is also a ‘Peddlers’ button on sale for $5 which salesman are expected to by. And for the men and boys of all ages there are black derby hats on sale for $3. Wendell Whipple, Perry chairman for the Sesquicentennial, said that a number of other items have been ordered and will go on sale soon. Items yet to arrive include, ties, bonnets, souvenier plates, coffee mugs, moustache mugs, neighborhood. However , Council, re-zone the property with Councilman Dan Britton voting against it. Council voted to buy a new truck for the street depart ment at a cost of $3,624 from the low bidder, Lewis Truck and Tractor Co. Councilman Frank Leonard reported that the Fire Dept, had a total of 29 fires during the quarter from April 1 to June 30. He said the cost to the City for the fires and volunteer firemen for the quarter was $1,322. serve with the President and other officers to govern the operations of the Georgia Press Association. New Board Member Branch will attend the first meeting of the Board on Friday July 16, in Atlanta. On Thursday July 15, Editor and Mrs. Branch will attend a dinner at the Governor’s Mansion at which time members of the Georgia Press will be briefed by Gov. Jimmy Carter on his “Goals For Georgia” program. vests, garters, pennants, $ memorial coins, coin key holders, coin bracelets. Whipple stated, “We invite >:• all the people in this area to come by the store during the operating hours and buy S something or just look around. We will have a $ number more items on sale in the next few days and we certainly feel we have something for everybody to get in on the fun.” Whipple said more and $ more people are getting S ‘caught up’ in the spirit of the g Sesquicentennial and he stated that .. ”Fun is the % name of the game in this 1971 Sesquicentennial Cele- S bration.” S Council Sets Up New Study Group Committee Will Look Into City Efficiency Perry City Council, in split vote, decided Tuesday night to establish an “Efficiency Study Committee” to look into all phases of City government and return their findings to Council. Councilman James McKinley made the motion to set up the new committee and after lengthy discussion, Mayor Malcolm Reese had to break a split vote by casting his lot in favor of the motion. Councilmen McKinley, Dot Houghton and John Barton voted for the motion while Councilmen Dan Britton, Alton Hardy and Frank voted against setting up the committee. McKinley recommended the study committee be made up of 7 members with the Mayor and 6 Councilmen appointing a member eachto the committee. McKinley further recommended that the committee be allowed to elect its’ own chairman and to organize themselves as they see fit. He said they should make an extensive study of every facet of the City’s operation. The committee will be made up of persons outside of the City government. McKinley said, “I feel that we have many capable and qualified persons in Perry who would be willing to accept this assignment as a civic duty without remuneration since all our J h t ' M ’ i /Tiff* v % *r S i. I c mm The Sesquicentennial Store opened here this week at 1012 Ball St., behind Perry Pharmacy The store is being operated as a project by the Perry Business Womans Club and a number of items and buttons are now on sale for the County Celebration in Sept. Shown getting ready to open the store are business women members Mrs. Gladys Culpepper and Mrs. Nell Hamlin. Assisting them is Perry Sesquicentennial chairman Wendell Whipple. citizens would gain from this study committee.” Councilman Dan Britton stated, concerning the motion, “1 thought that was what we were down here for, to run the City.” McKinley, answering Britton’s statement, said he had been criticized many times, including editorial criticism, because of statements he had made The Houston Home Journal PERRY, HOUSTON CO., GA., THURS. JULY 8, 1971 VOL. 101 NO. 26 TWENTY FOUR PAGES concerningthings in other Councilmen’s departments that he didn’t approve of. He said each Council member needs to know more about the operation of other departments in the City besides their own depart ments. He said the study committee would help throw some light on all phases of the City and let Council know what can be done to improve the operation of the City and save the taxpayers some money. Mayor Malcolm Reese said he had no objections to such a committee as long as Council met with them before they started on the job and gave them an outline of what would be expected of them. Reese said he thought it would He a mistake to just let such a committee begin without the Council issuing them guidelines to better help them do their job. Councilman Dot Roughton said people in the City call him all the time making complaints about City services and personnel and he said he welcomed some outside help. He said it is ‘past time’ for Council to get some help from an outside source with recom mendations on how the City can be more efficiently operated. Councilman John Barton said he liked the idea. He noted that, if accepted in the right attitude, the study could be very beneficial to the taxpayers of the City. The Mayor and Council will meet next Thursday night to set up an outline for the committee and to appoint the members.