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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 The Houston Home Journal The Perry Area's Favorite Newspaper For The Past 100 Years 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.” PAGE 1-A 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. PERRY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, APRIL 13, 1972 TWO SECTIONS 26 PAGES V I I I V s \ OI /nk . *. r W j r m /4m i ™/ # M I iL Am psßL_. j 5 pfcjJ % Bii>: ■ ] ■W.■ * x 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.