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The Houston Home Journal
“The Perry Area’s Favorite Newspaper For The Past 100 Years”
Vol. 101 No. 30 PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY, GA., 31069, THURSDAY, AUGUST 5, 1971 24 Pages
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I HOUSTON COUNTY OFFICIALS were presented with special VIP but
tons by Wendell Whipple of the Sesquicentennial Committee. County Tax
Commissioner Joyce Griffin (fourth from left) got in the spirit of the
Sesquicentennial by modeling one of the new dresses that go on sale in the
fepirntennial store here this week. From left, County Clerk Roy H.
I Blames Police Chief
Roughton Says City
$ Mistreating Dogs
Perry City Councilman D.
■ ( Dot) Roughton jumped
"Police chief B.E. Dennard
ith "both feet” at Council
’erry Hospital
lets Administrator
Ihe Houston County
J‘ tal Authority has
me< * a new administrator
lJ h M p erry-Houston
■ Hospital, according
uthority chairman L. A.
onneli. He is Cliff
" and the new ad
ator began his duties
hospital here Monday.
Jer comes to the Perry
faculty from the
? bounty Hospital at
2,! here h e served as
•sjator for the past 2
ick u replaces Austin
sihon T h ° resi Bned8 ned the
J ltlon last month
SS. f an experienced
DrkeH I rator having
eorgia ° r hos Pitals in
Je g s UD h Alabama - WhUc
spearh eaded a
i fn mty driv e to get
lit at L an ‘"tensive care
the hospital and he
o mstrumentai in an
C av P t rogram now
fe, ,he
is activT- adrninist rator
1 "Church affair,
'tsident nr 38
ortha an H° V l his wife
len,’, and ehildren Lee
and Elizabeth 11, as
meeting Tuesday night.
Roughton was upset because
of the way he said Dennard
was handling the City dog
soon as he has found a house
here.
Hamer attended public
schools inColumbus and has
also attended the University
of Georgia, Georgia State
College and The School of
Hospital Administration.
L. A. McConnell, hospital
authority chairman, said,
“We are very fortunate to
get Mr. Hamer for the
position in Perry. He is a
very capable administrator
and we feel he is going to do
an outstanding job at the
hospital.”
CLIFF HAMER
(Sonny) Watson, Commissioner Alton Tucker, Commissioners’ secretary
Jackie Wellons (also modeling one of the dresses), Tax Commissioner Joyce
Griffin, Perry Sesquicentennial Chairman Wendell Whipple, County
Commission Chairman James Edward Bryant, Commissioners Henry
Cullen Talton and Robert E. Byrd. The VIP Buttons will grant the officials
special priviledges during the celebration.
pound. He said he had seen
proof that dogs had been
mis-treated and even
starved at the pound. Under
present City policy, the
police dept, is responsible for
the dog pound and the
gassing’ of dogs that stay
unclaimed in the pound after
a period of time.
Roughton stated, “Some
people have gotten the im
pression that I am against
dogs, but I want to state that
I am a dog lover and have a
dog of my own. This is the
reason I was shocked when I
went to the City dog pound
this week and found the
terrible conditions there. It’s
not right and I am going to do
City Grants Beer License
To Food Store For First Time
1 Perry City Council set a
precedent here Tuesday
night when they voted to
grant a beer license to a food
store. It marked the first
such license ever granted in
the City by the Council. In
the past, Council has not
granted alcoholic beverage
licenses to food stores.
The Sing Food Store, a
convience store, was given a
license to sell package beer
to go. Councilmen James
McKinley and Dot Roughton
voted against the license
while Councilmen Alton
Hardy, Frank Leonard, Dan
Britton and John Barton
voted for the license.
Roughton said he was
something about it even if I
have to go to the Humane
Society.”
Roughton said he visited
the pound Monday morning
and found 3 starving dogs
there without food or
adequate water. He said one
of the dogs had bones
sticking out his side and ticks
on his ears as big as a man’s
thumbnail. Roughton said
the pound was filthy and that
the smell was enough to
make a person sick. He said
he knew that this was not his
department but that he
would not stand for such
conditions and mistreatment
to animals to take place in
the City.
against the license because
in the past the City had a
policy not to let food stores
sell beer. He said, however,
that if the City is now
changing their policy thathe
will vote in favor of licenses
in the future if the stores
meet the requirements.
Councilman James
McKinley stated that he
wanted to go on record that
he voted against this license
and that he would vote
against any such licenses for
beer in food stores in the
future.
Councilman Dan Britton,
who made the motion in
favor of the license, pointed
out that recent court ruling*
would not let the City any
Houghton said at this point
he asked someone at the City
barn who was responsible for
the dog pound and he was
told Chief Dennard. He said
he went and got the chief and
carried him to the pound.
Houghton said he and the
chief then ‘had words’ and
that they had a ‘heated’
discussion on the matter. He
said he then went to a local
restaurant and bought 3
hamburgers to feed the dogs
but that they had already
been ‘killed’ when he got
back.
Councilman Frank
told Houghton that
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longer hold that a beer
license is a priviledged
license. He said a food store,
under law, had just as much
right to get a beer license as
any other kind of store.
Council also granted a
beer license to Robert
Lumpkin for ‘consumption
on premises’ for a restaurant
he has opened on Spring St.
This vote came first and
Counciimen Dot Houghton,
James McKinley and Alton
Hardy voted against it while
Counciimen Dan Britton,
Frank Leonard and John
Barton voted in favor of the
license. It was a split vote
and Mayor Reese broke the
tie by voting in favor of the
license.
City Council
Drive-In Theatre
Controversy Ends
The long-running con
troversy between Perry
Drive-in owner J. H.
Thompson and the City
Council came to end Tuesday
night as Council voted 4 to 2
to grant the drive-in a
business license.
The Council had given
Thompson a 30 day tem
porary license last month
and ordered him to comply
with the City’s ‘com
prehensive land ordinance’
and the State Highway Dept,
regulations that state a
drive-in theater’s screen
must be shielded from
motorists passing the
theater on the highway.
Thompson first put up
canvas blinds and later tried
placing lights so that the
screen is partially blinded
from the highway.
Councilman James
McKinley read a letter from
a State Highway traffic
engineer who inspected the
theater here Monday night.
The engineer said the lights
used as a shield now create a
traffic hazard. He recom
mended that Thompson
either adjust the lights or
take some other steps to
shield the screen from high
way 341.
The vote came only after
more than an hour of debate
and discussion by Council.
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COUNTY COMMISSIONER HENRY CULLEN TALTON JR., got right into the spirit of the
Sesquicenteiimial Celebration when he modeled one of the 1890 period men’s bathing suits that are
now on sale at the Sesquicentennial store. Sesquicentennial Chairman Wendell Whipple pins a special
VIP button on Mr. Talton. Mr. Talton was a big hit and drew some applause as he good-naturedly
agreed to model the bathing suit in the hall of the courthouse.
Thompson was represented
at the meeting by attorney
Larry Walker who told
Council that he felt like his
client had complied with the
state and city regulations.
He added that he didn’t
City Council Names
New Study Committee
Mayor Malcolm Reese
announced the members of
the City’s newly created
“Efficiency Study Com
mittee’’ at the Council
meeting Tuesday night. He
said the seven member
committee had been ap
pointed by each member of
Council and the Mayor for
the purpose of looking into
the operations of the City and
make recommendations to
Council on their findings.
Appointments to the
committee and Councilman
that named the members
were: H.H. Hackworth,
Councilman James
McKinley, Dan Nelson,
Councilman Alton Hardy, G.
P\ Nunn, Mayor Reese,
I.ewis Meeks, Councilman
Frank W. A. ‘Pete’
Whitehurst, Councilman
John Barton, Curtis
Fountain. Councilman Dot
believe it was Council’s duty
to police the drive-in on such
a matter.
Councilman James
McKinley stated, “I could
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Roughton, Glea Gray,
Councilman Dan Britton.
In a letter to the ap
pointees, the Council pointed
out that the committee will
be expected to make an
investigation of the present
operating policies and
procedures of all depart
ments in the City. The letter
also stated that the com
mittee’s report should in
clude recommendations to
the Council for im
provements concerning
costs, efficiency and
methods of operations.
The committee will meet
with Council at a special
meeting Monday night to
discuss their duties. The
committee will elect a
chairman and will set up
their own method of
operations. They will make
their study at no costs to the
City.