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VOL. 102 NO. 16 111 A gjpijas S&v&r ' 1 I I ■ J> '% jap * V f Perry’s Oldest Citizen Mrs. Bright Harper Dies At Age Os 105 Perry’s oldest citizen, Mrs. Bright Harper, died Sunday night at the age of 105 at her home at 911 Evergreen Street. She made her home with her daughter, Mrs. W. E. Pace. Funeral services were held Tuesday in the Perry United Methodist Church with Rev. J. B. Smith and Rev. James Teresi of ficiating. Burial was in Evergreen Cemetery. Pallbearers were Dr. J. L. Gallemore, E. P. Staples, Jerry Rogers, Dan Britton, Charles Shelton, and Ralph Tabor. Members of the United Daughters of the Con federacy sat in a body in honor of Mrs. Harper. She was the oldest registered member of the U.D.C. in the 1866 Church Bell Comes Down . . . The famous and legendary church bell at the Perry United Methodist Church is pulled with precision out of the steeple to make way for a new bell. The old bell was cast in 1866 in New York for the Perry church. It took 5 men from the Milton Beckham Construction Company and an especially rigged dragline to perform the tedious task Saturday. The Houston Home Journal The Perry Area s Favorite Newspaper For The Past 100 Years United States at the time of her death. She was the oldest living member of the Perry Methodist Church, and was a former Sunday School teacher there. The former Miss Loudie Moore, she was born two years after the end of the War Between the States. She raised five children after losing her husband more than a half century ago. She was a lifelong resident of Houston County. Mrs. Harper is survived by two sons, Louis Harper of Perry and W. N. Harper of Jacksonville, Florida; one daughter, Mrs. W. E. Pace; seven grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren. Watson-Hunt Funeral Home of Perry had charge of arrangements. PAGE 1-A Accuses Newspaper Councilman Questions The Way City Grants Funds To Chamber City Councilman D. K. (Dot) Roughton told Council Tuesday night he has doubts about the way an annual funding by the City to the Perry Chamber of Com merce is handled. Roughton was referring to a grant made each year by the City that is 25 per cent of the Georgia Power Company’s rebate check to the City. This year’s payment to the Chamber amounted to $9,600. Roughton stated, “I am not against the Chamber of Commerce but I think this thing ought to be done in a business like manner. I have stood up for the chamber many times and I know they do a lot for this community.” Roughton said, according to a Houston Home Journal article, that this year’s funding was agreed and voted upon by Council. He said that statement was not true. He said he did not know anything about the grant being made. The Home Journal article stated that the annual request came up in a pre-council meeting as a matter of formality and was agreed upon. Roughton claims Council did not vote on it and that he does not think that is the proper procedure. Roughton indicated he is dubious about the funding because the City is operating in the “red” and the Chamber has a $6,000 sur plus. He also said he couldn’t understand why any of the officials of the Chamber did not appear before Council and request the money. Interim Mayor Dan Britton said the Chamber is set up in the charter and the annual funding has been made since 1965. Councilman Frank Leonard said the PERRY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, APRIL 20, 1972 TWO SECTIONS 32 PAGES Chamber operates as an arm of the City. Roughton, at that point in the meeting, asked The Home Journal editor in the audience if an editorial he had written accusing some elected officials of not being in favor of granting the Chamber the funds was pointed at him. The editor said it was an editorial opinion and that it was pointed at whoever it should be. Roughton asked, “Were you writing about me?” The answer was, “Should I have been.” Roughton then asked the City Clerk to get a copy of the City Charter so he could look up something concerning the City and the Chamber. When he got the Charter he looked through it a few minutes but he could not find what he was looking for. He indicated he would bring up the subject at a later date. The Chamber of Com merce is set up in the Perry City Charter to operate as an arm of the City. STEWART WIGHT, pres, of the Ga. Assoc, of Real Estate Boards, will be the guest speaker at the Perry Kiwanis Club this Tuesday. i \ ij*i f* jr&m WM ' '• iM a* H j '"i ,\ New Bell Lifted To Steeple . . . The new Methodist Church bell is hoisted to its new home in the steeple where it will begin ringing out on Sunday mor nings beginning next Sunday. The new bell was cast by the same company that cast the original 1866 bell for the church here. The new bell has a motorized ringer on it so that by the flip of a switch on Sunday morning the distinct sounds of the church bell will ring out over Perry. I £■ Police Officers Look Over Four Pounds Os Marijuana Perry police officers involved and Councilman Frank Leonard, police commissioner, examine the four pounds of marijuana confiscated in the arrest of two youths last Friday morning. Stan- Police Nab Two With | Big Cache Os Marijuana Perry police officers arrested two young men at a local restaurant and con fiscated approximately four I pounds of marijuana, early I Friday morning. Chief B. E. Dennard reported that Patrolman Roy lyee Mathis noticed an automobile at the Royal Castle restaurant on High way 341 north with an ex- pired license plate and ex pired motor vehicle in spection sticker at 3:30 a.m. During his investigation the marijuana, in two plastic bags and one paper bundle, as well as rolled cigarettes, was discovered in the automobile. Sgt. Pat Padget, Cpl. W. G. McCuan and Pt. Willie Coates were called to assist with the arrest. 1972 Bell Guided Into Place .... Workmen guide the new bell into its’ final resting place inside the steeple. A portion of the steeple had to be torn out to get the old bell out and the new one in. It took workmen several hours to effect the precision task of placing the bell. The old bell, surrounded by history, will be mounted as a permanent monument on the church grounds. ding, from left, are Patrolmen Roy Lee Mathis, Ptl. Willie Coates, and Chief B. E. Dennard. Seated are Sgt. Pat Padgett, Councilman Leonard, and Cpl. W. G. McCuan. William Richard Mathis, 500 Bee Tree Avenue, Nash ville, Georgia, age 19, was charged with possession of marijuana, driving with an expired license plate and expired motor vehicle in spection sticker. Ray C. Norvell, Jr., 2157 Nedfield Trail, Atlanta, Georgia, age 19, was charge with possession of marijuana and permitting another to drive his automobile with expired license plate and expired motor vehicle in spection sticker. Warrants were obtained for the charges and the two youths, both white, were turned over to the county Sheriff’s Department when the investigation was completed.