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VOL. 102 NO. 9
Republicans and Democrats
Qualifying Fees
Set For Primaries
In compliance with a letter
from Secretary of State Ben
W. Fortson, the Houston
County Board of Com
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Miss Lisa Ogletree of Perry was crowned first
runnerup in the Miss Macon Junior College
pageant held at the Grand Opera House last
Thursday. She is an 18 year old freshman nursing
student at Macon Junior and the Medical Center
of Geogia. She is a 1971 graduate of Wfestfieid High
School where she was an outstanding basketball
player as well as scholar. She is the daughter of
Mrs. Joan Ogletree of Perry.
Democratic Committee
Elects 7 New Members
The Houston County
Democratic Executive
Committee met at the East
Inn in Warner Robins
Monday morning and elected
7 new members to the
committee, among other
business.
Elected to the Democratic
committee from Perry were
Draper Watson, Milton
Beckham, E. H. Cheek and
Bobby Branch. Committee
members elected from
Warner Robins were Doug
Eaves, Eucle George and
Robie Robins. The
nominating committee was
comprised of Mrs. Hollis
Kezar, Mrs. Janet Barker,
Charles Rutland and Ed
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missioners has set entrance
fees for candidates in the
Democratic and Republican
primaries to take place in
Willis.
Chairman Richard Ray
told the committee that there
has been much interest
shown in the local
Democratic Party in recent
weeks and he urged all
members to attend the
third congressional district
convention in Americas on
March 11, at which time
delegates from the district
will be elected to attend the
National Democratic Con
vention in Miami this
summer. Perry’s E.H.
Cheek is running for a
delegate post along with
Doug Eaves and Mrs. Janet
Barker of Warner Robins
who are seeking alternate
delegate posts at the con
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Georgia on August 8.
The Houston County
Democratic Executive
Committee met Monday
morning and chairman
Richard Ray told the
committee members that
fees for Democratic can
didates would be payable not
before noon, May 17, and not
later than noon, Wednesday,
June 14. Ray said a location
for qualifying Democrats
will be announced in the next
few weeks.
The Houston County
Republican Committee will
hold their meeting at the
courthouse here Saturday
morning to plan their
strategy for this political
vear. Both primaries will be
held on August 8, and voters
will be allowed to vote in
either the Republican or
Democratic primary, but not
both.
Qualifying fees for county
offices have been set by the
county and state at 5 percent
of the base salary of an office
holder.
Democrats up for re
election in the county in 1972
include Tax Commissioner
Mrs. Joyce Griffin, Court
Clerk Tommie S. Hunt,
Sheriff Albert Hudson,
Ordinary Clinton K. Watson
County Commissioners
Frank Rozar and Alton
Tucker and school board
members Dr. W. G. Talbert
and Glenn Heck and school
supt. David Perdue.
Also up for election for the
first time will be the posts of
Judge and District Attorney
of the Houston Superior
Court. These court officers
were appointed last year by
Governor Jimmy Carter
after the creation of the
Houston Judicial Circuit.
It is expected that all the
Democratic incumbent
office holders will offer for
re-election. Republican
opposition to a number of the
posts is also expected
making this a “hot” political
vear in Houston County.
Car Thieves, Burglars
Keep Police On Run
Perry Police records
indicate that an automobile
reported stolen from Holiday
Inn on Feb. 21 was recovered
vention.
Houston County Ordinary
Clinton K. Watson explained
the upcoming primary
elections to the committee
members and a number of
details involved with the long
political year ahead. Wat
son’s office manages all the
county elections.
The committee adopted a
motion to get behind Rep.
Sam Nunn Jr. in his bid for
the U.S. Senate. Nunn is
expected to announce his
candidacy in the next couple
of weeks. Chairman
Richard Ray said he would
like to see a strong effort
made for Nunn from persons
of all parties in the county.
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Winn Dixie Store and Health Cross Drugs Opens Doors At New Shopping Center
Two New Stores Open
At Grant’s Plaza Center
Grant’s Opens March 22
Two of the stores in the
new Grant’s Plaza Shopping
Center here opened this
week to large crowds of
customers attending the
grand opening sales.
Opening this week were
Winn Dixie Food Store and
Health Cross Drugs.
The W. T. Grant Store,
largest store in the shopping
center, is slated to open on
March 22, with what store
officials have termed a
“spectacular” grand
opening sale.
The Winn Dixie Store here
is one of a Jacksonville, Fla.
headquartered chain of more
than 850 stores. The store
manager is Harry Hawkins.
Health Cross Drugs in
Perry is one of 165 chain
the next day. A white male
was found in the car, and in
his possession were an army
rifle with nine rounds of
ammunition, one Navy
survival knife, and a number
of hand tools.
A fan was found to be
knocked out of a back win
dow at the bus station on
Highway 41 South, but ap
parently the building was not
entered and nothing was
reported missing.
Bricks were reported
thrown through windows at
Monroe’s Service Station on
Macon Street two separate
times. A window was
reported broken at Houston
Gardens and Nursery.
For the second time in two
weeks an attempted entry
into the back door of the Tots
‘N Teens shop was reported
to police.
Thompson’s Warehouse
reported an entry Sunday
night and reported that one
ladies wrist watch and one
mens pocket watch were
missing.
Tolleson Supply Company
reported that gas had been
taken from some of their
cement trucks.
drug stores that also
features more than 6,000
health and beauty aid
products, health foods and a
number of other family
items. Watt Boler, former of
Houston Drugs, is the store’s
pharmacy manager and
Thomas Cooper is the
merchandise manager.
Perry Firemen Fight Dystrophy
When the local Perry
branch of the Georgia Fire
Fighters Association aren’t
fighting fires, they are
helping the Muscular
Dystrophy Associations of
America, Inc., and the
citizens of Perry who have
volunteered to help MDAA
with their March Fund
Raising Campaign.
Fire Chief Sirah Lawhom
announced that the
Association is in the process
of distributing canisters
throughout the city as a part
of the Fire Fighters year
round project for the
Muscular Dystrophy
Rev. Reese
Conservation
Chaplain
Rev. Dick Reese, pastor of
the Crossroads Methodist
Church of Perry has been
named Conservation
Chaplain for Houston County
according to L.C. Walker,
Supervisor, of the Ocmulgee
Soil and Water Conservation
District.
Rev. Reese will join with
Dr. Cochran,
District Chaplain, and the
chaplains from each of the
other eight counties of the
district to plan for this year’s
Soil Stewardship Week that
will be observed May 7-14,
1972. Dr. Cochran and the
chaplains from each county
will meet with the board of
supervisors in Perry,
Georgia on March 20,1972 to
begin making plans for the
observance.
Health Cross is headquar
tered in Monroeville, Penn
sylvania.
There are at least three
other stores in the shopping
center slated to open in the
next few weeks. Crumpton’s
Shoes will open a store there
around Easter, managed by
Toney Raffield and Fashion
Fabrics will open a sewing
center in the shopping center
Associations of America.
For many years the Georgia
Fire Fighters Association
and their national affiliate
have aided MDAA’s annual
appeal for funds to support a
broad attack on the
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Perry’s Muscular Dystrophy child is Curtis Nelson, center, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Nelson. Shown with him is Jerry Payne, Scoutmaster of Pack 216.
and Mrs. William Purser, Chairman of the Muscular Dystrophy Drive which
runs March 1- 24.
managed by Mrs. Earline
Sutton.
It has also been rumored
that a major “Ice cream
parlor” chain may lease one
of the other buildings in the
shopping center. Also ten
tatively slated for the
shopping center is a
nationally famous ham
burger chain restaurant.
However, there has been no
problems created by
Muscular Dystrophy and
related neuromuscular
diseases.
There are more than
200,000 victims of this
crippling disease in our
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official announcement about
the later two businesses.
Both Winn Dixie and
Health Cross opened to
“brisk” business as shop
pers from Perry and other
Middle Georgia com
munities came to take ad
vantage of the grand opening
sales being conducted this
week and next week by both
stores.
country, most of them
children in whom it is nearly
always fatal. Medical
research to find the cause
and cure for the mysterious
malady is the largest part of
MDAA’s program.