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VOL. 192 NO. 14
ACTION LINE
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Writ* P.O. Drawer M
Worry, Georgia, 31049
I read in The Home Journal about a month ago
that the Chamber of Commerce finished last year
with a surplus of $6,000. The city furnishes them
with office space, utilities and janitorial services
without charge and also makes a generous
donation of cash to them. What was the amount of
the most recent contribution the City made to
them? How did Council vote on it and by what
authority do our trusted elected officials have to
give away large sums of much needed funds?
When will the Chamber become big enough to
stand on its own without accepting
charitable contributions from the City?
(Name and initials withheld by request)
Action Line will be happy to answer yoar
questions. We’U take your first question first. The
City of Perry, since 1*66, has granted 25 per cent
of the tax that Georgia Power Co. pays the City
annually which is 4 percent of the power com
pany’s gross sales here. This is done because the
Chamber of Commerce is budgeted in the City’s
budget each year and this is the place where the
funds originate. It is not considered a “donation”
as you put it because the Chamber is a part of the
City, being included in the Perry City Charter.
The Chamber operates as an arm of the City.
Council, in the past, has deemed it a necessary
part of the City by helping support it with the
budgeted funds from the Georgia Power rebate.
The amount paid most recently from the City to
the Chamber was $9,628 or 23 per cent of Georgia
Power’s payment to the City of $38,552.
To answer your next question. Council agreed to
make the payment as a formality. The money is
set up in the City budget and Council agreed this
year, as in the past, to fund the chamber. At the
time Council agreed to disperse the funds, it was a
unanimous agreement among the Council.
Your next question concerning the chamber
standing alone. The Chamber is an important arm
of the City. The Chamber is set up in the Perry
City Charter and provided for.
Chamber President Joe Poole told Action Line
that each year thousands of man hours are
devoted to the Chamber by local businessmen and
officials with the only compensation being the
satisfaction that they have helped to promote the
community. Poole noted that the Chamber works
on behalf of everyone in Perry and that the
Chamber and the City go together.
The Chamber has a number of working com
mittees made up of local businessmen, elected
officials and individuals such as the committees
on tourism, industrial development, downtown
development, community promotion, airport,
governmental affairs, military affairs and many,
many more.
The Perry Chamber of Commerce, by the way,
is looked on by other Chambers, as one of the most
progressive and best managed Chambers in
Georgia. Elwyn McKinney, executive vice pres, of
the Chamber invites you and anyone else to drop
by the Chamber office at anytime for an orien
tation into all the facets of the Chamber operation.
You better come prepared to stay awhile because
the Chamber does so many different things for the
community that it is bound to take some time to
explain the operation to you.
★ Georgia Red Carpet Tour To Visit Perry This Week ★
A colorful three-day
ground and aerial inspection
of Georgia's industrial ad
vantages kicked-off Tuesday
as M prominent in
dustrialists began arriving
m Atlanta for the State's 12th
annual Pled Carpet Tour.
The Perry Area Chamber
of Commerce has been
working for the past several
months on getting the
coveted tour to pass through
Perry, and the industrialists
will get to view Perry
Thursday after a tour of the
Pa fast Brewing Company.
Chamber President Joe
Poole painted out that Perry
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Chamber executive vice
pres. Ehryn McKinney and
others in the Chamber
started working on getting
Perry put on the tour about
two years ago.
The tour officially opened
in Atlanta Wednesday
morning with a breakfast at
The Regency Hyatt House
followed by a tour of Atlanta
Accompanying the in
dustrialists on the tour are
some 45 Georgia
businessmen who will serve
as hosts along with Governor
Jimmy Carter. In all. some
GO Georgia communities will
be viewed on the tour.
The lour will breakfast at
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City Council Appoints
New Attorney , Judge
Larry Walker
City To Fight
Telephone Rates
Councilman James
McKinley asked Council to
have Perry’s new City At
torney, Larry - Walker,
prepare data to represent
the City at the Public Service
Commission bearings in
Atlanta on the proposed
increase in telephone rates
in Perry by General
Telephone Co.
McKinley pointed out that
Perry s telephone rates are
higher than any other
community in Middle
Georgia and that he is op
posed to any increase in the
rates He reminded Council
that the City adopted a
resolution several weeks
going on record as opposing
the rate increase.
Councilman McKinley also
called for a meeting as soon
as possible with officials of
General Telephone Co. to
negotiate a new franchise
agreement between General
Telephone and the City of
Perry. He said that the
phone company's 30 year old
franchise ran out in 1971 and
that they are now operating
in Perry without a franchise.
Interim Mayor Dan Britton
said he would arrange a
meeting with the Telephone
officials as soon as possible.
In other action. Council
voted to hire a
the Officers Club on Warner
Robins Air Force Base
Thursday morning and the
featured speaker will be
James C. Windham.
President of Pabst Brewing
Company. The tour will also
visit the Pabst Brewery here
on Thursday followed by a
tour of the City of Perry*.
Perry Chamber President
Joe Poole stated. “It is in
deed a signal honor for us at
the Chamber and the citizens
of Perry and Houston County
to have such a distinguished
group of businessmen and
industrialists visit our
community. We are roost
PERRY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, APRIL 6, 1972 TWO SECTION'S 30 PAGES
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George Nunn
"professional” to come to
Perry to revise and update
the City's business license
schedule. Councilman D. K.
Houghton asked for the
action because he said he felt
the City needs some
professional" advice on the
licensing schedule. He said it
will probably cost the City*
about COO
Councilman Frank
Leonard reported that the
Fire Underwriters
Association had visited
Perry's Fire Dept, recently
and had made a list of
recommendations to meet
for the City to become
eligible for a lower fire in
surance rating. Council will
look into the matter, it was
decided.
Councilman Henry Casey
said a study by the State
Highway dept, has been
completed for a traffic
breaker at the intersection of
highway 341 south and
Houston Lake Drive. Council
approved the study and the
State Highway Dept, will
install the traffic breakers
in the near future.
Councilman James
McKinley told City Supt.
Edward Warren that
“mosquito season” has
arrived early in Perry this
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honored and the Chamber is
gratified to have been able to
play a vital role in this year's
lour
The tour is sponsored
annually by the Georgia
Chamber of Commerce.
On Friday . April 7. the two
party will continue on to
Augusta where they will see
the second round of the
Masters Golf Tournament.
The tour concludes in
Atlanta early that evening
Mr. Pattillo pointed out that
many of the industrial
visitors would take ad
vantage of special ac
commodations in Augusta to
w*e the remainder of the
Walker, Nunn
Perry City Council, on a
motion by Councilman
James McKinley, voted
unanimously Tuesday night
to hire Larry Walker as the
new City Attorney and
George Nunn as the City
Court Judge.
McKinley stated, “I feel
with all the expansion
programs going on in our
City and all the other activity
that we are going to need an
attorney near-by that we can
call on frequently and I feel
Larry Walker will fill our
needs."
Tom Spencer of Cen
terville is now serving as the
City's interim attorney. He
took over in January when
long-time City Attorney
David Hulbert resigned
because of what he
termed “lack of full
cooperation and backing"
from all the members of the
City Council.
Walker now serves as the
City Court Judge but will
have to resign that post to
accept the City Attorney’s
job. George Nunn will take
over the Judge's post
McKinley specified that
Walker be hired under the
same arrangement as the
previous attorney. He said a
retainer will be paid and
then fees for legal work will
also be paid to the new at
torney. The City pay's the
Judge $l5O a month and a
S2OO a month retainer to the
City Attorney phis legal fees.
Walker is a partner in the
law firm of Walker and
Richardson and has prac
ticed law in Perry since 1965.
He is the son of Mr and Mrs.
Cohen Walker and he and his
wife, Janice, and two
children reside on Swift
Street
George Nunn is associated
with the law firm of Nunn,
Geiger and Rampey, He is
the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Francis Nunn and he and
wife, Janet, reside on
Marshall Circle.
Both attorneys were at the
Council meeting Tuesday
night and said they would
accept the positions. Walker
noted there were a few
details he would have to
work out with Council.
Masters Tournament.
James R. Lientz, Chair
man of the 1972 Red Carpet
Tour Committee, said that
more than 10 months
preparation has gone into the
forthcoming event. Com
panies to be present on this
year's tour include: Allen
Products Co., Inc., Alien
town, Pennsylvania;
American Hoechsl Corp.,
Somerville. New Jersey;
American Oil Company,
Chicago. Illinois; Armco
Steel Corp., Middletown.
Ohio. Armstrong Cork
Company, Lancaster,
Pennsylvania; Baxter
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Will The Real Mayor Please Stand Up?
Former Mayor .Malcolm Reese is telling Perry’s interim Mayor Dan Britton
(left) all about how to run the City. And Mayor-elect John Barton listens.
Reese stepped down from office last Friday and Mayer pro tem Dan Britton
look over. Barton is awaiting the outcome of a court case contesting the
election before he can take office. Many observers have posed the question as
to how many other towns anywhere has three Mayors atone time. For the time
being, Mayor Britton is heading the City government. But some time this year
Barton will probably take over and the year 1t72 will go down in the history
books as the year Perry had three Mayors.
At Cost Os 8175,000
County To Build New Jail
Houston County Com
missioners decided Tuesday
to build the proposed new
Houston County Correctional
Institution and a new county
jail at an estimated cost of
$175,000
Chairman Robert Byrd
said that prison labor will be
used to construct both
buildings to keep costs at a
minimum Commissioners
Laboratories. Inc., Morton
Grove, Illinois; Chrysler
Corp., Detroit Michigan;
Dayco Corp., Dayton, Ohio;
De Soto. Inc.. Des Plaines,
Illinois: E. I du Pont de
Nemours U Co., Wilmington.
Delaware; FMC Corp.. New
York. New York; Harris
Calorific Company,
Cleveland, Ohio; Hearin
Products. Inc., Portland.
Oregon; Portage Plastics
Division of Kent Industires,
Kent, Ohio; Kerotest
Manufacturing Corp., Pitt
sburgh, Pennsylvania; Knoll
AG, Ludwigshafen. West
Germany; Lancaster Colony
agreed that the money for
the new buildings will come
from the county treasury
and no bonds will be
necessary to finance the
budget.
Warden Allen Stone said
he had obtained an estimate
of $67,968 for materials only
for the Correctional In
stitution building. He said
that an estimate had not
been received for materials
Corp., Columbus, Ohio.
Lester Industries, Inc.,
Bedford. Ohio; Minnesota
Mining & Manufacturing
Co., Saint Paul. Minnesota;
National Spuming Co., Inc.,
Washington. North Carolina;
Nease Chemical Co., Inc.,
State College, Penn
sylvania: Neptune Meter
Company, New York. New
York; Neville Chemical Co.,
Inc., Pittsburgh, Penn
sylvania; PPG Industries,
Pittsburgh. Pennsylvania;
Panacon Corporation,
Cincinnati, Ohio; Phillips
Petroleum Company.
Bartlesville, Oklahoma;
for the county jail to be
buildt on county property
adjacent to the work camp
building, but he estimated
costs to be about half those of
Lia facility.
When the new buildings
are occupied, the old
buildings will be razed.
The work camp will bouse
100 men, and the jail will
house 50 men and women.
Robertshaw Controls
Company, Youngwood,
Pennsylvania; Roper
Corporation, Kankakee,
Illinois; Schaefer, Inc.,
Minneapolis, Minnesota; St
Regis - Paper Company,
Washington. D. C. ; Sum
mers Electric Company,
Dallas, Texas; Swift,
Agricultural Chemicals
Corporation, Chicago,
Illinois; Talley Industries,
Inc., Mesa. Arirooa; Uarco
Incorporated, Barrington,
Illinois; Westinghouse
Electric Corp., Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania Xerox
Corporation, Stamford,
Connecticut.