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Pictured are Perry High Participants in the
Region 2-AA literary contest. FIRST ROW • left to
right are: Cathy Krall, Laurie Brown, Beverly
Sanders, Deborah Williamson, Terry Dykes,
Jackie Bowen, Debbie Costlow.
$5,000 NEEDED
County To Update Police Communications
A representative of
Motorola, Harvey Wilson,
told Houston County Com
missioners Tuesday that the
county will have to spend an
additional $5,000 to bring its
law enforcement com
munications system up to
new state regulations.
“The state has bought new
base stations on the new
Intra-Sheriff system,” he
explained. "We are in the
process of installing four
frequency radios in all cars.
Two frequencies will be tied
in with the highway patrol
system, and the other two on
the Intra-Sheriff system.”
Wilson said that at the
time Houston County and the
Middle Georgia Area
Planning Commission
agreed to install their radio
systems there was no state
Perry’s State Patrol Unit Stays On
The Go Investigating Accidents
Records at the Ferry Unit
of the Georgia Stale Patrol
show that Billy Joe Kerry,
age 32, of 249 Cave Springs
Street, Rome, Georgia, lost
his life when the tractor
trailer he was driving
crashed into a bridge post on
1-73 at 4 a m. Sunday just
north of Perry.
Kerr was operating a 1965
White tractor and trailer
owned by I). J. Walraven, 501
S. Broad Street, Rome, when
he apparently went to sleep
at the wheel and lost control
of the vehicle, reports show.
Traveling north, he skidded
180 feet, and traveled a total
of 330 feet before impact with
the bridge post. The driver
was caught between the
bridge post and the front of
the trailer. The tractor was
demolished and the front end
of the trailer was badly
damaged. Trooper W I.
Blount. Sr., investigated.
On Wednesday March 15,
Trooper R. 1. Hardin in
vestigated an accident .4
mile south of Perry on U.S.
Boy Scout Troop 96 enjoyed their first camp-out
at Camp Benjamin Hawkins this weekend. Pic
tured here are Allen Sawyer, Mike Graham,
Steven Birkhoffer, Mark Montgomery, Rosenda
Prendes, Barry Rogers, John Arnall, Andy Poole,
Jeff Henson and Scout Leaders Bobby Brooks and
Bill Montgomery. Not pictured are James
Parker, Jay Turner, Mark Brooks, David
Howard, and Terry Partain. Richard Owens and
Steve Howard also accompanied the Troop.
plan. Then the state came up
with a plan of its own and the
local plans had to be
changed.
"The low band frequency
is better and reaches a
greater distance, but the low
band was so crowded the
state decided all law en
forcement radios would go
on the high band, with the
exception of some metro
systems such as Atlanta
which will be on UHF,” he
said.
He said that for the first
time now there is a State
Frequency Coordinator,
Jack Farr, in Col. Hay
Pope's State Patrol
Headquarters office in
Atlanta.
Motorola is in the process
of changing over the Houston
County cars, with over half
341. John Hudgcon, Rt. 2 Box
292, Perry, reportedly pulled
from a private drive across
341 in a 1967 pickup truck
owned by Hugh R. Hill,
Route 2. Perry. Hudgeon
stated he looked, did not see
anything coming, and pulled
into the highway and was
struck by a 1971 Honda 450 cc
operated by Joe Stein Rouse,
Box 494 Rochelle. Rouse was
treated at Perry-Houston
County Hospital for
lacerations of the left leg.
Hudgeon was charged with
driving without a license and
failure to grant right-of-way.
Cpl. W. I). Blackstock
investigated an accident on
Thursday, March 16, ,4 mile
north of Perry on 1-75 in
volving two vehicles tra
veling north. Allen L.
1-eeman, 414 Hanley Street.
Plainfield, Indiana, was
operating a 1972 BMW
motorcycle and attempted to
pass a 1970 Ford pickup
truck operated by James
Howard Shehee, Byron, Ga.
There was not proper
SECOND ROW - left to right are: Mo Wright,
Curtis Bass, Howard Whiters, Debbie Murphy,
Diane Larimer, Ed Brown, Diane Mayo, Wayne
Ragin, Chris Steward, Randy Crutchfield, Ray
McCord, David Mahon, Leon Scioscia.
of them completed. "We’re
waiting on your other cars
now,” Wilson told com
missioners. "At the con
clusion of these installations,
we will switch over your
base station to four
frequency. We should finish
up within the next two
weeks.”
The four frequencies in the
new statewide car to car
system include Frequency 1,
inter-city, monitored by
most cities and towns;
number 2, the prime sheriff
operation channels; number
3, car to sheriff’s office or
highway patrol station;
and number 4, car to
sheriff's office but not to
state patrol station.
In order for all cars in the
county to be able to talk car
lo car to expedite receiving
clearance in the left lane, so
records show Iceman had to
pull back into the right lane,
striking the rear of the truck.
No charges were made.
Charles Edward Davis, Rt.
2 Box 11, Perry, was driving
a John Deere Farm tractor
owned by James Dcnnard,
Route 1, Elko, about 7.8
miles south of Perry on U.S.
41 with no tail light on March
11 at 7 p.rn. Henry
Watkins, Route 1, Elko,
overtook the slow-moving
tractor and struck it in the
rear with a 1965 Comet
Coach, knocking the tractor
into tlie ditch, Davis suffered
a knee injury, and George
Smith 100 South Macon
Street, Fort Valley, suffered
possible back injury. Ed
wards was charged with
traveling with no lights.
Trooper G, W. Maloy in
vestigated.
On Sunday, March 19, an
accident involved two
vehicles traveling east on
Ga. 127 cast of Perry.
Horace Williams. Route 1,
Box 81, Perry, attempted to
make a right turn into
Houston 1-ake Church Road
in a 1965 Chevrolet, and his
vehicle was struck in the
rear by a 1970 Datsun driven
by Daniel Dykes Bryan, P.O.
Box 245, Jeffersonville. Ga.
Trooper D. J. Keadle in
vestigated. No charges were
made.
Trooper W. E. Cawthon
investigated an accident
involving a fatality at 2:10
a.m. Saturday, March 18, on
County Road 133, known as
the Old Perry Road, 9.5
miles east of Perry. Willie
Clyde age 54, of
Route 2, Kathleen, rounded a
curve on the road in a 1965
Volkswagen, did not follow
the curve but ran off the left
side of the road, down the
embankment and over
turned. coming to rest on the
auto’s top.
help in emergencies, a
repeater system will have to
be installed.
Wilson said that the City of
Ferry did not change to the
new system because its
system is satisfactory now.
Representatives of the
Warner Robins Employees
Credit Union told com
missioners that they wished
to expand to include county
employees in the credit
union, which they explained
is doing very well. Tom
McMinn, Warner Robins city
clerk, explained their
request.
“All city of Warner Robins
and all county employees
would then be available,” he
said, “to invest or to borrow.
We paid 8 percent on in
vestments until recently
when we had to hire Mr.
Whittaker to handle the
business, and now we will
pay 7 percent on them. We
charge one percent on the
unpaid balance each month,
or a true balance of 12
percent per year, which is
less than most finance
companies,” McMinn said.
Claude Lewis appeared
with McMinn and Whittaker
on behalf of the credit union.
Commissioners agreed to
endorse the program for
county employees.
Warden Allen Stone of the
Houston County Correctional
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Perry High
Wins 2-Afl
Literary Meet
Perry High School showed
Region 2-AA schools that it
has talented students just as
well as talented athletes by
winning the region Literary
Meet held Monday in
Statesboro. The Perry
literary team amassed 58
points in the competition,
defeating second place
Dublin by 15 points, 58-43.
West Laurens captured third
place honors with 41 points.
The Perry students snared
five first place prizes in the
competition. They included;
Randy Crutchfield - Ex
temporaneous Speaking;
Cathy Krall - Girls Essay;
Deborah Williamson,
Beverly Sanders, and Ann
Gresham - Trio; Ken Rollins,
Mitch Williams, David
Mahon and Debbie Costlow -
Debate; and Terry Dykes,
Leon Scioscia, Ann
Gresham, Laurie Brown,
Debbie Costlow, and Kathy
Vickers - One Act Play.
Debbie Costlow was voted
best actress in region 2 AA.
Perry second winner was
Debbie Murphy in Spelling.
Capturing third place prizes
were Debbie Costlow - Oral
Interpretation and Deborah
Williamson - Solo. Fourth
place honors went to Dianne
Iprimer - Shorthand and
David Mahon - Boy’s Essay.
Other students par
ticipating included Chris
Steward, Mo Wright, Dianne
Mayo, Douglas Seay, Ed
ward Brown, Charles White,
and Howard Whiters. Jackie
Bowen accompanied music
contestants. Faculty ad
visors to the Perry Team
included Mrs. Carolyn
Smith, Mrs. Jean McDonald,
Mrs. Frances Hartman and
Mrs. Joyce Jones.
Institution told com
missioners he has requests
to cover driveway pipe from
people who furnish their own
pipe and needs to know how
much to charge them for this
service. Coipnissioners set
a charge of $25 for each 24
foot standard driveway.
They turned down the
request of a church to have
their land cleared by the
county, quoting a former
decision that they would
furnish culverts for churches
and a maximum of three
loads of dirt. “We did this
after being swamped with
requests, for if we do
something for one we would
have to do it for all,” they
explained.
PAGE 10-A
Police Nab Jail Escapee
One of the three prisoners
who escaped from the
Houston County Correctional
Institution here last Wed
nesday was captured in
Atlanta Monday by Fulton
County authorities.
The prisoner was iden
tified as Glennis Gordon, the
inmate who tied up guard T.
W. Casey with a belt and is
allegedly the “ring-leader”
in the break-out last week.
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While Gordon tied up the
guard, another of the
escapees held a pistol to his
head. It was reported that
the recaptured Gordon is
also the prisoner who or
dered the other prisoners
and the guard to “walk into
the swamps” while they
escaped.
Houston County officials
went to Atlanta Tuesday to
pick up Gordon.
NOTICE
Georgia Power Co. will be
closed Friday, March 31 To
observe Good Friday as a
holiday.
jf^erSonai
Byron Etheridge son of
Mr. and Mrs. Cooper
Etheridge, left for Tif
ton Sunday to enter
Abraham Baldwin
Agricultural College.