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PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY, GA., 31069, THURSDAY, AUGUST 5,1971
Police Help Missing Boy
Story Have Happy Ending
One of those mix-ups you
read about occasionally
happended in Perry this
week and a father drove
away from a service station
thinking both of his sons
were in the station wagon
with him.
The three had pulled off
the road near the Raceway
Service Station on Highway
341 north to sleep a while as
they traveled north. The
eight year old boy woke up,
got out of the automobile,
and walked around in the 1-75
Trailer Park for a while.
When he returned to the car
it was gone.
Mrs, Paul Hebert, who
runs the Raceway with her
husband, brought the young
man to the Perry Police
Department where a lookout
notice for the father was sent
up the road. In due time the
father, who had not missed
the child he thought was
asleep in the back of the
vehicle, was found and
returned for him.
Automobiles were entered
at two motels and items
taken. Karl Kenneth Ker
wood reported that articles
were stolen from his 1970
Ford LTD parked at Howard
Johnson’s Motel, including
Couple Has 40 Great-Grandchildren
A 7(1 Year Marriage 4 |
iHayneville Lady Tells I low
By Maxine Thompson
Mr. and Mrs. M. F. Mc-
Cormick, Sr., of Hayneville
celebrated their 70th wed
ding anniversary August 4.
and Mrs. McCormick's only
v regret was that her husband
couldn't be at home to
v celebrate it with her. He has
been a patient at Peach State
Nursing Home in Warner
x Robins forthe past two
years. He is 89 years old and
v Mrs. McCormick is 85.
'Tve been a little sick
lately, but 1 make myself get
on up and get around. I feel
better if I can be up,” Mrs.
McCormick said.
;j: She chuckled as she
v. recalled their marriage in
1901. “I was supposed to
•i; meet Major at the home of
some friends and we were
£ going to run away and get
£ married. I was 15 at the time
x and he was 19. My mama got
x wise somehow, though, and
wouldn’t let me go.
“We had a lot of company
that day, with the yard full of
v buggies. Just about the time
some of them started to
leave and were driving off,
Major came driving up in a
x buggy and got out. I saw
him. and I jumped in one
side of the buggy and he
x jumped back in the other
side and drove off."
$ As soon as her folks
realized that young Mary,
x the baby of the family, was
gone, her brother drove off
x looking for her. Somebody
deliberately gave him the
wrong direction, however,
and he ended up in Pinehurst
and didn’t find the couple.
J:J They drove to the home of
$ George Lewis, a Justice of
the Peace, and asked him to
many them. “He stood there
and looked at the license,
looked at us, looked down the
one RCA 14 inch table model
television set, one sport
jecket, four pairs pants, one
ladies’ raincoat, one belt,
and one pair ladies' shoes.
At the Travelodge Motel,
Uonel L. DuFrene reported
five tapes stolen from his
1970 Ford LTD.
Cash was reported stolen
from two persons when
someone broke a back
window and entered a house
at 1313 Whipple Street. Gus
Davis reported $lB cash
stolen and Betty Walker
reported S3O stolen.
Arrests included Ralph F.
Ratteree, DUI county case,
Evelyn MickelLs, run stop
sign, Peggi Pearson Jerles,
run stop sign, Audria M.
Vixler, failure to grant right
of way, Norman Durham,
public drunk, Robert liee
Jackson, speeding, failure to
stop for red light or siren,
Davis Roberts, contempt of
court,
Michael Wyne I-ambert,
drunk under wheel, Mel K.
I>owe Jr., public drunk and
driving without license,
Henry Wilson, disorderly
and resisting arrest, W. D.
Anderson, contempt of
court, Thomas I>ee Stokes,
reckless driving, Arthur L.
road awhile, and finally said
he reckoned he’d better not
marry us because the old
folks might not like it,” Mrs.
McCormick reminisced.
“Major said that was all
right, we'd find somebody
who would marry us. Sure
enough Mr. J. P. Ftheridge,
another Justice of the Peace,
performed the marriage
ceremony and we spent the
night in Unadilla."
Major lived in Findley
with his mother, and Mary
lived out in the country not
far away. The young couple
visited around with friends
and relatives for a few days
and then went to live with his
mother.
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Mrs. M. F. McCormick, Sr.
Worthy, reckless driving.
Three vehicles were in
volved in an accident on
Commerce Street, a 1968
Chevrolet driven by Thomas
Felton Cook, 592 Elko Road,
a 1966 Pontiac driven by
Barbara May Cross, 319
Jewel Drive, and a 1970
Maverick driven by Mary
Fretwell Hardy, P.O. Box
187, Perry.
On Swift Street an ac
cident involved a 1970
Camaro driven by Vincent
Mark Caruso, P.O. Box 445,
Perry, and a 1968 Cadillac
driven by Audria M. Vixler,
250 E. Tarpoon Blvd., Port
Charlotte, Florida.
On Highway 41 South,
Stewart S. Richardson, 1208
Duncan, lost control of his
automobile and ran into a
telephone pole.
FIRE REPORT
Early Monday the Perry
Fire Department sent one
unit to join units from
Hayneville and Centerville
to fight a fire at the B. L.
Hunt residence at Kathleen.
The home was a total loss.
The only other fire
reported was a small elec
trical fire in a neon sign at
Mid-State Motel, with very
little damage.
“1 didn’t go back home for
two weeks, for I figured my
folks were mad at me,” she
said, “but when I went back
everything was fine. My
mama was sure glad to see
me.”
They lived with Major
McCormick’s mother for
seven years, during which
two of their seven children
were born. Then his mother
moved to another house and
for the first time they were
housekeeping alone.
"I guess there was a lot of
hard work in those days, but
we didn't know it," Mrs.
McCormick said. “We were
busy all the time and we
were happy. I don't know
Mrs. Tolleson
Dies Here Wed.
Mrs. Georgelle Smith
Tolleson, lifelong Houston
County resident, died
Wednesday morning at a
Perry Hospital after a
lengthy illness. She was a
member of the Methodist
Church and the widow of
Joseph Meade Tolleson,
founder of Tolleson Lumber
Company.
Survivors include two
daughters, Mrs. Joyce
Brown, Perry, Mrs. William
Bates, Macon, three sons, J.
M. Tolleson, Jr., Mell S.
Tolleson, and T. R. Tolleson,
all of Perry, two sisters,
Mrs. Helen Walker and Mrs.
Ethel King, both of Macon.
Graveside services will be
held at 11 a.m. Thursday in
Evergreen Cemetery with
Rev. Mark Gutzke of
ficiating. Watson-Hunt
Funeral Home is in charge of
arrangements.
The family will be at the
home of T. R. Tolleson at 811
Forest Hill Road in Perry.
Commissioners Say County Can I
Operate Without A New Loan I
Houston County Com
missioners Tuesday heard
that prospects are bright
that the county can finance
its operation for the calendar
year of 1971 without
borrowing any money.
Clerk Roy H. Watson, Jr.
said that “on paper, it in
dicates we have made up the
$300,000 borrowed last
year.”
Houston County switched
from calendar year
bookkeeping to a fiscal year
anything else that really
counts. We didn’t have
refrigerators then, or even
ice boxes, but we put milk in
a box tacked on the wall in
the passageway between the
house and the kitchen, with a
white cloth over the box, and >:■
it kept. Sometimes we put it A
in bottles and jars, put it and g:
butter in a bucket, and let it
down on a rope in the cold |:j:
well water to keep.”
Mary’s father was John :|j;
Henry Wilkes of Dooly
County. She went to school at
the age of five at the j:|:
Crossroads Hardshell
Church. She recalled that
her teacher, remembered iji;
only as Miss Martha, ■£
whipped her one day with a •£
switch and she cried all the
way home. Her sister had
told the teacher not to whip |i|:
her, that her mother g
wouldn’t like it. but she said
the teacher whipped her
anyway.
"I can’t remember why,” j|:
she said, “but I expect
Ineeded it. I was the baby
and I was right spoiled.”
Seven years ago Mr. and ;£
Mrs. McCormick moved to A
Hayneville in Houston A
County when his health
began failing to be near their
four sons who lived there.
Mrs. McCormick said she
intends to keep her home as :v
long as she is able to look
after herself. :|:
The children of the couple
include the four sons in
Hayneville, Lynwood, M. F.
Jr., E. G., and Bill Me-
Cormick. E. F. McCormick
of Atlanta, Mrs. Lillian
Brannen of Unadilla, and
Mrs. Laura Frances Smith of
Fort Wayne, Indiana. They A
also have 18 grandchildren
and 40 great-grandchildren. A
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FUN AT FUN DAY was what these youngsters had as they
romped in the pool at Ochlahatchee Park during the annual
fun Day’ last Saturday. The Home Journal camera had no
system on July 1, and
Watson said that it will take
a full years operation to
show the county’s actual
financial condition.
Drama Folks
Need More
Participants
Casting is underway for
the Sesquicentennial
Pageant to be presented
September 22 and 23.
Not enough adults showed
up during the try-out
sessions held over the past
week end and more people
are needed - especially men.
You do not have to be an
actor. All speaking parts will
be taped so memorizing lines
will not be necessary.
However, it is necessary to
sign up so that the director
can determine how to assign
the various parts.
Rehearsals will be
scheduled locally and will be
held to a minimum. Except
for the last week when the
performance will be put
together, the rehearsals will
be in small units and will be
held in a convenient location.
The directors and
assistants will be at Perry
City Hall on Wednesday and
Thursday evenings from 7:00
to 9:30 to sign up those who
will take part. If you will
help out please come either
night. They also need help
back stage. If you will work
with the pageant in any
capacity please go to City
Hall during the hours listed
and let them know.
"Fun Day”
Big Success
The rains came but did not
hamper the air of festivity at
the second annual “Fun
Day” at Ochlahatchee Park,
Saturday.
Hundreds of children and
adults participated in the
activities which included
cake walks, greased
watermelon and bubble gum
contest, and diving for
goldfish. Barbeque, cakes,
pies, cookies, candy and
homemade ice cream were
in plentiful supply.
The Park Trustees wish to
thank the following
organizations for their
participation: Akikta,
Beltista, Businesswomen,
Civitan, Kiwanis, Sorosis,
: Tawasi, Tsungani, Town and
: Country Garden Club. Ap
: proximately SI,OOO was
: received on the total day’s
: projects.
Commissioners believe
they will set the tax millage
for 1971 at 30.25, the same
rate as last year, at their
next regular meeting or at a
special meeting.
Commissioner Alton
Tucker said, “I hear that the
school board will ask for the
same school levy this year,
(16 mills for maintenance
and operation and one mill
for bond retirement) and I
believe we can count on the
same tax rate this year.”
The Houston County tax
rate of 30.25 mills is divided
Municipal Court Has Long I
And Stern Session Here I
Perry Municipal Court
was in session last Saturday,
with Judge Larry Walker on
the bench. A large number of
cases were disposed of
during the day.
Claude Thompson of
Mossy Hill Farm was fined
$22 for violation of the City
Dump ordinance. Others
included Herman Askew, Jr.
and Johnny Johnson, each
charged with fighting and
disorderly and shooting at
another, both bound over to
the State Court, Robert J.
Sandlin, speeding $37, Betty
Jean Massey, speeding S2B;
Lonnie Ezell, speeding S3B;
Larry J. Smallwood, ran
traffic light sl7.
Lorace G. Forgarty,
failure to grant right-of-way
involving accident $37;
Albert James, drunk and
disorderly $37; Lucius P.
Vest, reckless driving S3B,
Larry Copeland, speeding
and reckless driving, 30 days
on street; Jesse McClurg,
public drunk S4B, Thomas G.
Belcher, failure to grant
right of way involving ac
cident S2B Jerome M.
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■* Branson Walker of Macon, district manager of Piggly Wiggly Stores, shows the jn _ a nd
at the Perry store where thieves broke out all four glass front doors Tuesday night arou^ ce mad*
5 took an undetermined amount of cash. The store was entered a few minutes after P° break®*
3 their rounds checking the shopping center. A woman who lived nearby heard the so 8,
glass and called the police department. Chief B. E. Dennard, Jr. has the matter under i
problems to get these Perry youngsters to pose for a picture
and the photo shows that they were indeed having fun.
into 17 mills for schools; 13
mills for general county
purposes and hospital bond
retirement, and V 4 mill for
the state.
Fred Beard, county
building inspector, was
authorized by the board to
take over some of the duties
of John Vandegrift, former
county engineer, until a
replacement engineer is
secured.
Commissioners requested
that Charles Oliver and Bill
Bryant of Flood and
Associates, engineers, study
Lawson, speeding $37;
Tommy Perdue, speeding
$37; Walter E. Arnold, ran
stop sign, SSB plus costs or 15
days on street, plus
suspension of drivers license
30 days; Joseph Dean,
reckless driving $37; Ben E.
Milton, drunk and disorderly
S4B, J.C. Adams, public
drunk S3B, Leroy Porter,
public drunk S3B, Charles E.
Vance, speeding S3B; John
Willie Walker, disorderly
conduct $lB,
Larry Rogers, drunk and
disorderly, resisting arrest
S2OB, Eugene Gilbert, public
drunk S3B, Alfred Durham,
reckless driving S3B or 15
days, Gerald G. Norris,
reckless driving $37, Dennis
Copeland, drinking and
disorderly, 30 days
suspended on payment of
costs and 60 days probation;
T. J. Fredrick, public drunk
S3B, Charlie L. Williams,
public drunk, dismissed on
payment of $8 costs, Robert
M. Spillers, reckless driving
$37; Otis E. Stocks,
disturbing the peace, im
the county's existing water H|
system and submit a H
feasibility report to farmer:- Hj
Home Administration on
refinancing the county water H
system and making im
provements. H
A resolution was adopted
by the commissioners giving H
the county authority to move H
and dispose of scrapped,
junked, dismantled,™
wrecked, ruined, discarded H
motor vehicles considered a H
health hazard or unduly M
obnoxious, unsightly public Hj
nuisance. I
proper mufflers, $18; ■
Marcus Riley, disorderly ■
with loaded gun, walking on H
city streets, dismissed on ■
payment of $8 costs, I
Dorothy E. Rineheart, ■
speeding $27, Charlie W. ■
Sutton, reckless driving $lB, ■
Emory E. Hall, speeding I
S3B, Lawrence J. Horsting, ■
fighting and disorderly $37. I
Boyd A. Rider, fighting and ■
disorderly, $37, James I
Swearington, fighting and ■
disorderly S3B, A. C. Hodges, ■
fighting and disorderly $37, ■
Claude Thompson
(New York), fighting and ■
disorderly, SIOO, Anderson |
Gilbert, ran stop sign sw; V
George W. Rogers, speeding I
S4O, Stephen W. Whitehead, I
speeding S4O; Audri •
Vixler, failure to grant right- ■
of-way involving accident ■
sl7- Evelvn Mitchell, ran I
stop sign sl7, Peggi P«r son I
jerles, ran stop sign sw. I
Robert Lee Jackson. I
speeding and failure to stop I
for police, slls. I
Durham, public drunk sJo>
and David Roberts, con
tempt of court $53. _ I