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VOL. 102 NO. 15
* Cos C Pres . Seeks Industrial Park *
“Get Park Or Get Left
Behind In New Industry”
Perry Chamber of Commerce President Joe Poole, in a
statement today, said Perry must make plans immediately for
an industrial park or get “left behind” in the competition for
new industry in the future.”
“We believe we lost one of
the best industrial prospects
we have had recently the
other day simply because we
did not have an industrial
park offer to make to the
prospect,” Poole said. “This
prospect was very interested
in Perry,” Poole noted, “But
I believe they have decided
on another City as they were
offered a site in an already
established industrial park.”
Poole said there is some
property available for in
dustrial purposes on land
located near the Magee
Carpet Plant but that the
land is not equipped with
water and sewerage and that
an industrial authority does
Joe Poole
Top Industrial Men
Impressed With Perry
Last week’s Red Carpet
tour of 38 world-wide in
dustrialists and 45 Georgia
businessmen, took a brief
tour through a portion of
Perry, and from the com
ments made they were
impressed.
There were two bus loads
of men on the tour and after
a tour of Perry’s Cater
Circle and Evergreen Street,
many of the visitors com
mented that Perry was one
of the most beautiful towns
they had seen.
Chamber President Joe
Poole and executive vice
pres. Elwyn McKinney rode
on the busses with the
visitors and said they
seemed to be extremely
impressed and that they
Houston Teens Spending $6,342,000 A Year \
Although many adults in Houston County chose
to cut down on their expenditures during the last
year or two while waiting for the economic
climate to improve, their teen-agers did not. They
continued to live it up.
;j:j These free-spending youngsters were not
bothered in the slightest by all this talk about
inflation, big taxes and the high cost of living.
Because their parents, in most cases, had
bigger incomes than in other years and were able
to give them larger allowances, they had more
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not own the land. He said
what Perry needs is about
300 to 500 acres owned by an
industrial authority with the
land fully equipped for in
dustry’s needs.
“There may be some who
might not think the City
should get involved finan
cially with helping establish
an industrial park. I am
thinking primarily of City
water and sewer services.”
The Chamber head added,
“I would like to see a com
bined effort of the City and
Chamber in establishing an
industrial Park in Perry
before we get left behind in
this tremendously com
petitive battle for new in
dustry.”
Poole pointed out that
Chamber of Commerce talks
seriously with an average of
one or two industrial
prospects each month. He
said the Chamber could do a
much better selling job if an
industrial park site was
available and the prospect
could be offered the site for a
flat price.
“We have had a number
of planning sessions and
committees that have
discussed an industrial park
and I feel most people are
aware of the very serious
need of a park here,” Poole
asked a number of questions
about the community.
“When they saw all the
beautiful azaleas and
dogwoods blooming, many of
them just couldn’t believe
it,” Poole said.
The tour also stopped off at
the Pabst Brewery for a tour
of the plant and they had
earlier heard an address by
Pabst President James
Windham at the Warner
Robins Officers Club.
“The tour was a great
success,” Joe Poole said,”
And certainly the Chamber,
and especially Elwyn
McKinney has worked hard
to make sure this tour got a
good look at Perry and a look
they won’t soon forget.”
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said, “And the time is now
to get this park off the
ground.”
Poole seemed to think the
property near the Magee
Carpet Plant would be a good
location for an industrial
park. He pointed out that
besides the cost of the
property that it will probably
take about $60,000 plus to run
water and sewerage
facilities on the property.
Poole said he plans to
pursue the industrial park as
far as he can and that he
hopes plans can get un
derway right away.
Council Seeks Lower
Fire Insurance
Rate For Perry
An inspector from the
Insurance Services Office in
Atlanta, recently conducted
a study of Perry’s fire dept,
and the fire defenses in the
City. The inspection was at
the request of former Mayor
Malcolm Reese so that the
City can determine what
improvements need to be
made to bring about a lower
fire insurance rate here.
The fire underwriters
issued a list of recom
mendations to the City
Council that would have to be
acted on before the City will
be eligible for a 6B rating.
Under the new rating, the
fire insurance rates would be
dropped on Perry fire policy
holders.
Among the recom
mendations is a suggested
improvement in the water
supply which will come
about as soon as the City’s
new water treatment plant is
completed next year.
It was pointed out at the
Council meeting last week
that most of the recom
mendations can be met
without much additional
expense to the City. The
biggest item on the list is the
recommendation that the
City have four full time
firemen on duty at all times.
The fire dept, now employs
four full time firemen but
only two are on duty around
the clock.
Councilman D. K.
Roughton said he would like
to see some figures on how
much the cost will be to the
City to bring about a lower
fire insurance rating. He
said he is concerned about
whether or not the increased
cost is worth the lower rate.
Councilman Frank
said he did not know
how much Perry fire policy
holder’s rates would drop in
the event the City gets a
lower rating.
money at their command than ever before, an
estimated $6,342,000.
And out it went, but fast. It never had a chance
to bore holes in their pockets.
The expenditures centered, for the most part, on
entertainment, food and hobbies, with cars and
gas high on the list for boys and grooming items in
the top spot for girls.
The evaluation of the teen-age market is based
upon the findings of the Youth Research Institute,
the Apparel Manufacturers Association and
others.
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Local Delegation Prepares To Meet Red Carpet Tour
The group of local businessmen and public officials
gathered at the P abst Brewing Company here last Thursday,
preparing to greet the two buses carrying industrialists on
the Georgia Red Carpet Tour. The Georgia visitors toured
the Pabst plant and had earlier heard an address by Pabst
President James Windham at the Robins Air Force Base
Officer’s Club. From left, Pabst regional sales mgr. Bill
Telephone Rate Hike Gets Ax
Perry subscribers to
General Telephone Company
evidently will not be faced
with a rate increase in their
telephone rates as had been
expected. General an
nounced in January they
would seek a rate increase
here but the Georgia Public
Service Commission killed
that request last week.
The PSC refused to even
hold a public hearing on the
request last week and the
commission issued an order
that read in part;
“The rates that are now
charged are higher than
rates of Southern Bell
Telephone and Telegraph
The consensus is that the 27‘/2 million teen-agers
in the United States earned, received and spent
nearly S2O billion in the past year.
It represents a rate of $730 per year on nearly sl4
per week for those in the 13 to 19 set. The young
ones get less than that and the older ones more.
At that average rate, the 8,688 in Houston
County who are in that age bracket are spending
some $6,342,000 a year in local shops.
Many of the teen-agers in the area earn part of
this money by working after school and during
their summer vacations. The rest of it comes from
Graham, Bank of Perry Pres. Lewis Meeks, Pabst Plant
mgr. Otto Baumann, Perry Mayor Dan Britton, Pabst Pres.
James Windham, State Senator Stanley Smith, Pabst vice
pres, and public relations director Arnold Winograd, Perry
Mayor-elect John Barton, Continental Can general mgr.
Dave O’Sullivan. The purpose of the tour was to show off
Georgia’s industrial potential.
Co. for the same type service
and the service...is inferior
to, or no better than, the
service of another company
charging a lower rate.”
General Telephone in
January had asked for a
state-wide $4.5 million in
crease in their revenues.
General serves 175,000
customers through 67 ex
changes scattered
throughout Georgia.
The company was granted
a $1.4 million increase by the
Public Service Commission
in October of 1970, and got an
additional $1.5 million a few
months later under a court
order.
The formal denial for
cash gifts and weekly allowances in amounts jij:
adjusted to their needs.
To retail merchants, of even greater im
portance than the sales to their teen-age §:
customers is the strong influence the youngsters :j:j
exert on family purchases generally. :•!;
Nationally, it is estimated, more than $45 billion
of family buying, ranging from cars to furniture
and from food to vacation trips, is affected.
In Houston County, is line with the overall :i;i
findings, this influence applies to purchases of :j:j
about $14,270,000 a year.
General’s request came at
PSC metting last Tuesday on
a motion by Commissioner
Crawford L. Pilcher.
General Telphone’s
district office in this area is
located in Perry. General
serves mostly the southern
part of Houston County. The
City of Warner Robins is
served by Southern Bell.