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The Perry High School VICA Club held their annual employer ap preciation banquet at the Holiday Inn here Thursday night. Taking part in the annual affair, are from left, Perry Chamber Pres. Joe Poole, Houston Council Sets New Police Policy City Council voted Tuesday night to set a new policy on City police officers working athletic and other functions at Perry schools. The Council decided to pay half the cost of the officers requested by the schools at ball games and other func tions to direct traffic and keep order. The new policy came about when Councilman Henry Casey said Perry High School had requested 5 of ficers for a country and western show being planned at the gym this Saturday night. The old policy was for the City to furnish off duty officers for such functions and then reimburse them. Council voted to rezone property on highway 341 north belonging to Clifford Grimes. The property was rezoned several years ago from residential to com ipercial without the knowledge of the property owner. Grimes property r* I /A' I V < j p^l _ 8 Grown.... Homo Owned . Willis, President Brooks Storey, RN Os Nursing Services fm# |BSO\AE yjjjjr i SPRING COLORS | JACQUARD KNITS | ”"»«* .al.es to *4.98 110111 j | POLYESTER CREPES u .’' | | PASTELS 45" WIDE J. gg , d . •J® J | reg. *2.98 ,d. 1 Jyp| I PERRY fABRICStW | Perry Plaza jrt joins other property that is now commercial. Grimes said he wanted his property rezoned back to residential because he has no plans for commercial development. Councilman James McKinley said he believed the property should be rezoned at the expense of the City because he said the City had committed an injustice to Grimes. Councilman Frank Leonard introduced an or dinance that will prohibit parking on the east side of Highway 341 north to In terstate 75. Council adopted the ordinance. Councilman Dot Houghton requested that the City’s full time lady police officer be paid the same amount as the male officers on the force. Council decided to let Houghton and Police Commissioner Frank Leonard get together on the matter that seemed to have some “women’s liberation” implications involved. Councilman Alton Hardy told Council that the water tank adjacent to the National Guard Armory is now under repair. He pointed out that instead of the original estimate of $7,800 to repair and paint the tank it is going to cost the City about SIB,OOO. He said the tank was in such bad shape that it had almost gone past the point of repair. City engineer Elmo Richardson said he in spected the tank and that it was necessary to spend the money to get it into proper condition. He said it had not been painted or repaired for the past 23 years. Council also decided to set up a regular maintenance check of the tanks under the supervision of the engineer. Councilman James McKinley wanted to know the status on the City’s franchise agreement with 1 ■ School Supt. David Perdue, vocational education director of the schools Charles Lambert, VICA pres. Ricky Bryant, Perry High Principal Malcolm Marchman, VICA instructor Charles Culpepper. General Telephone Co. Mayor Dan Britton said an agreement has been drawn and that City Attorney Larry Walker is now going over it. McKinley said he wanted to be sure he is in on the final granting of the franchise. General’s franchise ran out in Perry last year and they have been operating here without a franchise I “ OUIWKKI wB By Tom Daniel V I have written often about fishing and it’s time something was said about one of the most im portant aspects of fishing and that is water safety. The old saying is quite true that the best of swimmers are often drowned. But more often it is children and persons who swim very little or cannot swim at all who perish while participating in some type water sport. Children particularly concern me since I am always encouraging everyone to take their children fishing and I take mine. When I am fishing a small shallow farm pond from a boat I normally attached a light line something similar to a ski rope to the waist of my smallest child and to the waist of myself. Then when he falls over board all 1 need do is haul him back in much the same as I would an anchor. However when we are fishing on a larger lake he wears a full floatation vest which will keep his head out of the water at all times and so does my older child. If fishing from the bank around a small farm pond where the children object to wearing a full vest, I found that a plastic gallon milk carton tied securely to their waist does not get in their way and should they fall in will keep them afloat. Os course, this does not keep their head out of the water but it is worn only when we are going to be close by and can snatch them right out. If you think for one second that your child is not going to fall in the lake, all you need do is take them fishing and watch them fall in. Safety is not only for children but is also for the adults and we should practice as much caution as we preach. On large water using high-speed motors a life jacket should be worn any time the boat is moving from one place to the other because regardless of how careful you might try to be, one never knows when the boat might collide with an underwater object or, for that matter, another boat. Likewise, when fishing from a small boat in a small pond with no motor, it is still the safe thing to do to always have some type life preserver for each person in the boat. Most boats are designed to float even when full of water and a wooden boat will float by itself with no floatation built in. Every expert in water safety advises that a boat which is filled with water should not be left but the persons riding therein should stay with the boat and hang on to the sides. This is true until the boat reaches the close proximity of the bank where without a doubt every person can swim to the bank. There are many other water safety procedures to be followed and the U.S. Coastguard has out a very useful and informative book on the subject which I suggest you might enjoy reading. Not enough can be said about how good the fishing is now and we are receiving reports of good catches throughout the State. agreement. Council set May 2, as the annual tax protest night. At that Council meeting, citizens who do not agree with the tax assessment of their property can protest the assessment. COLLEGE CAPERS Debbie McCown has been accepted as a first-quarter freshman at Auburn University. She will leave Perry around June 13, after her graduation on May 26 from Westfield Schools. N PAGE 9-A State Hospital Group Meets Here The Georgia Hospital, Institutional and Educational Food Service Society held their spring meeting in Perry last Friday at the New Perry Hotel. Mrs. Anna Maria Meens, Dietary Manager of the Perry-Houston County Hospital, was hostess for this event. Mrs. Meens serves as Educational Committee Chairman and is a member of the Planning Committee. Rev. Mark Gutzke, pastor of the Perry Presbyterian Church, gave the invocation. Welcome to the meeting was given by Mrs. Sarah Poss, president of the Georgia HIEFSS. A very interesting talk with a film presentation was given by Swift Company of Macon, concerning a new process for packaging meat products. Mrs. Rita Patterson, R. PHS Honor Roll For a student to be on Honor Roll he must have a B+ average. The Honor Roll is sponsored by Perry High Junior Civinettes and Civilians. Seniors; James Attaway, Debbie Costlow, Cathy Logue, Diane Mayo, Cathy Mitchell, Pat Mullis, Donna Peake. Juniors: Steve Beste, Susan Bloodworth, Jackie Bowen, Harvey Bush, Steve Howard. Sophmores: Rick Avis, Kevin Beste, Brown, Regina Daniels, Laurie Hale. will mmm Pf Ms mm if IPBpB |h Perry High School has a special display for National Library Week, April 16* 22, and faculty members and students look over some of the attractive book jackets there. Standing from left are Mrs. Paul Hartman, Deborah Wilson, Susan Ray holding a collage of book Jackets she made, and Mrs. James Worrall, school librarian. Seated from left are Lydia Thompson, Margaret Hampton and Wanda Bivins. v'“'v ~'T ■■ r' w At Perry Junior High School, students celebrate National Library Week as they examine books in the library and use one of several viewers available. At the viewers in back are Harold Bryant, Allen Henry and Alfred Di*on. At the table are James McGhee, Edward Toomer, Cornelius Vance, Michelle Hill, and Bobby Little, with Celestine McGhee standing. Librarian at Perry Jr! High is Mrs. Wilmetta Langston. PERRY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, APRIL 20, 1972 N., Director of Nursing Services of the Perry- Houston County Hospital, used the theme of com munication between Dietary and Nursing Service in an address to the group, giving some insight to problems shared by all hospitals and nursing homes throughout the state. Donald Bray, Assistant Administrator of tne Henrietta Eggleston Hospital in Atlanta, enlightened members on the workings of Unemployment Compensation and the responsibilities of Food Service Managers in this area. At the conclusion of the morning session, a luncheon A >:V’ ■■■■ *» Jj • A r mL* m n » «| 1 jgjA fi* Hts Si ( I d^i^NIITJrR^ Mrs. Rita Patterson, R.N., Director of Nursing Services of the Perry-Houston County Hospital, was a guest speaker at the spring meeting in Perry of the Georgia Hospital, Institutional and Educational Food Service Society last Friday. was held in the dining room of the hotel. The business meeting was held during the afternoon, followed by comments from Mrs. Verbena McMahan, ADA admisor to the organization. Special guests for the luncheon were Beverley Chester, Assistant Ad ministrator of the Houston County Hospital complex; Cliff Hamer, Administrator of the Perry- Houston County Hospital; and Mrs. Maybell Anderson, consultant Dietitian for the Houston County hospitals. The group gave special recognition to Mrs. Meens for her efforts in planning and organizing a successful spring meeting.