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VOL.IOI NO. 25
ACTION LINE
iUI 987-1823
Write P.O. Drawer M
Perry, Georgia, 31069
It is my understanding that if anyone is locked
up in jail he is entitled by Georgia law to make one
phone call. I wasn’t allowed to make one and I
want to know if that is the law.
L.A., Perry
Perry Police Chief B. E. Dennard had this
question investigated, and his sources said they
can find nothing in the law that says officers have
to let anyone who is arrested make a phone call.
This is more or less a courtesy of the police
department. In Perry, the chief said, they let
anyone who wants to do so make a phone call
provided that person is in a condition to do so, or
as soon as possible after the person reaches a
condition enabling him to do so.
On the new street that goes by the Perry Drive-
In Theater, gutters are so high across the
driveway into the theatre that the gas tank on my
car was damaged. Why are they so high and what
can be done about it to make it safer to drive over?
Mrs. J.D., Perry
Action Line went out and looked, and you were
right ■ gutters were poured across the driveway as
if a sidewalk were going to be built there. We
asked City Councilman D. K. Roughton for an
explanation. He consulted Tribble & Richardson
engineers, said that when the Drive In plans were
first drawn no definite entrance was shown and
the border was shown as a straight line on the
plans. This was never corrected, so the City didn’t
know about any change of plans and poured
gutters accordingly along the indicated line.
However, Councilman James McKinley brought
it to the attention of City Council, and Mayor Dan
Britton employed Milton Beckham Construction
Company to correct the situation and by the time
you read this you should be able to drive in to the
Drive-In smoothly. Councilman Roughton also
said Tribble and Richardson would be respon
sible for costs involved in the matter.
I ordered photographs from a representative of
Photographic Laboratories, Inc. at Elmore s
Store last October, paid for them and never
received them. I tried contacting the company
with no results. Can Action Line help me?
Mrs. J. K., Perry
When Action Line contacted Photographic
Laboratories at their Chattanooga, Tennessee
office in April at your request, a company
spokesman promised immediate action. It wasn’t
very fast action, but two months later you now
have your photos.
When will the Osmond Brothers appear at the
Macon Coliseum? Will it be in July? What will be
the price of the tickets?
A.J., Perry
Sorry, but a spokesman for the Coliseum said
the Osmonds won’t be appearing there this
summer; maybe later in the fall. Announcement
will be made later in newspapers and on radio, so
you’ll know well in advance.
%Cammurubf I
Bingo and Buffet scheduled at Houston Lake
Country Club on Friday, June 23rd.
A Junior Golf Tournament will be held Tuesday,
June 27th at Houston Lake Country Club.
Coming September 23,1972 a circus of Arts and
Crafts sponsored by the Idaka Club. Applications
are being taken now. Anyone interested in
displaying or selling their works, contact Mrs.
Larry Walker, 987-3029; Mrs. Jerry Horton, 987-
2059; or Mrs. Jimmy Dorsett, 987-4714, by July 7,
1972.
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Assumes Perry Mayor’s Post
Barton Finally Makes It
Hackworth Sworn In
For Councilman Seat
John W. Barton was sworn
in as the mayor of Perry and
H. H. Hackworth as a city
councilman Tuesday night
prior to the regular meeting
of mayor and council.
George F. Nunn, Jr., Judge
of Ferry Municipal Court,
administered the oath of
office to each separately.
The two were elected last
December 7 by the plurality
vote called for by the Perry
city charter but have not
been allowed to take office
because the legality of the
plurality system was
challenged by a committee
of private citizens.
N.C. Chapman, C.C.
Pierce and Stuart C.
Crawford, Jr. petitioned city
council to declare a run-off
for the mayor and council
seats in which there was no
majority vote. Councilmen
D. K. Roughton and James
McKinley voted for the
petitioners’ request, Frank
I/eonard disqualified himself
because his office was
directly involved, and Alton
Hardy and Dan Britton voted
to let the election stand.
Mayor Malcolm Reese
cast the tie-breaking vote to
deny the request of
petitioners. David Hulbert,
city attorney since 1959,
resigned because of the lack
of unanimous support for his
previous decision that the
city charter allowed a
plurality election of can
didates.
Burglaries Keep
Police Dept. Busy
Kimberly Barbecue
reported to the Perry Police
Department on .June 15 that
after a break-in there one
case of apple wine was
missing.
Top Dollar Store reported
on June 18 that a safe con
taining approximately SSOO
was taken from the store.
On June 19 Tim Allison
reported that $217.40 was
taken from the desk drawer
of a Gulf Service Station on
Highway 41 south.
Patrolman Kermit
Beasley investigated an
accident on June 17 at Swift
and Oakdale Streets in
volving a 1969 Chevrolet
driven by Allen C. Pritchett
Jr, of Perry and a 1969 Ford
driven by Christine
Stokeling, 907 Wolcott Street,
Perry.
Pritchett told the in
vestigating officer, reports
indicate, that he was wat
ching a slow-moving vehicle
and did not see the Stokeling
vehicle coming from another
street and pulled in front of
it.
On June 19 Ptl. Beasley
investigated an accident at
Washington Avenue and
Northside Drive evidently
caused by spilled grease or
oil on the street, he said. The
accident involved a 1969
Plymouth driven by Judith
S. Lyons, 108 Simons
Avenue, St. Simons Island,
Ga., and a 1969 Dodge driven
by Chris C. Allen of Robins
Air F orce Base.
PERRY. GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JUNE 22, 1972
Subsequently Pierce,
Chapman, and Paul J.
Barrett sued in Houston
Superior Court for a
majority election decision,
lost the decision, and ap
pealed to the Supreme Court
of Georgia.
That court handed down its
decision on June 16 that
according to the charter of
the city of Perry the
plurality election of can
didates is valid, and after
nearly six months of waiting
Mayor Barton and Coun
cilman Hackworth have
been sworn in.
Several changes have
taken place in the meantime.
After David Hulbert’s
resignation, no other Perry
attorney would take the
position of city attorney, and
the services of attorney Tom
Spencer of a Warner Robins
law firm were obtained to
represent Perry in the
lawsuits. Attorney Larry
Walker later accepted the
position of city attorney.
Mayor Malcolm Reese,
who did not offer for re
election, was trapped in that
position for a time but finally
announced that due to prior
commitments he had to
leave the post. On April 1
Mayor Pro Tern Dan Britton
assumed the post of Mayor
and served in that capacity
until he turned the gavel
over to Barton Tuesday
night.
Ptl. Beasley said that in
his opinion the accident was
caused by grease on the tires
of the Allen vehicle which
prevented the vehicle from
stopping when brakes were
applied.
Cpl. Ernest Carter ad Ptl.
Don Chestnut investigated
an accident on Main and Ball
Street June 15 involving a
1970 Ford pickup truck
driven by Annie Chaney
Moss,Bos Ball Street, and a
1908 Dodge Charger driven
by Walter Glenn Mullis, 912
Eleanor Circle, Perry.
Mullis was traveling east on
Main, passed under the
traffic light at Ball and his
car was struck in the right
rear fender by the truck.
Both parties told the in
vestigating officers that the
Moss woman ran the wrong
traffic light. She was
charged with running a
traffic light.
An accident at the en
trance to Grant Plaza
Shopping Center on U.S. 341
north resulted in L.H. Heath
being charged with failure to
yield the right of way to
another vehicle. Austin J.
Kemp 11, 101 Pinedale Drive,
Warner Robins, was
traveling north on 341 north
in a 1970 Oldsmobile when
Heath pulled from the
shopping center driveway in
a 1960 Buick into Kemp's
path causing an accident.
Asst. Chief Roy Shellnut and
Ptl. Gene Langston in
vestigated.
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TVcu? Mayor Receives Gavel
NEW PERRY MAYOR - John W. Barton, left, is
handed the gavel by Mayor Pro Tem Dan Britton
who has served as acting mayor since April I. A
lawsuit over the legality of Barton’s plurality vote
Fed. Govt. Spends $2.66
Os Your Money Daily
To what extent will the Federal government’s
;i£ new spending schedule, for the fiscal year
beginning July Ist, affect Houston County and its
taxpayers?
With an outlay of more than $246 billion
provided for in the budget for national defense,
public health, education, welfare, space research,
$ veterans benefits and other needs, the govern
ment will be spending money at the rate of nearly
$7,800 every second, throughout the year.
:£ On the basis of local figures and a state-by-state
:j:j breakdown prepared by the Tax Foundation, a
non-profit research organization, it represents
expenditures at the rate of $2.66 a day for every
& man, woman and child in Houston County.
•:£ For the entire community, the cost per day will
be close to $174,000.
That will be its share of the cost of government
& expenditures, every day of the year, based upon
the portion of the overall revenue that comes from
*•: the local area.
;i| State by state and county by county, the tax
burden varies widely, reflecting differences in
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election delayed his taking office for nearly six
months. In the background is Perry City Clerk
Ruth Bunting.
income levels and industrial concentrations.
Throughout the United States, the average daily
cost under the new budget amounts to $3.32 per
capita and, in the South Atlantic States, to $3.03.
The figures reported by the Tax Foundation
represent revisions of Treasury Department
statistics, it is pointed out. They were arrived at
under a formula that distributes the tax burden on
an actual basis, taking into account, for example,
the fact that tobacco taxes, which are largely
collected in three states, are really borne by
smokers in all the states.
A breakdown of the goverment’s spending
budget for the fiscal year indicates where the
money will be going.
For every SI,OOO that a Houston County family is
paying in taxes, directly or indirectly, some $368
of it will be allocated to national defense.
Next will be the portion going for social
security, welfare and other benefits of that kind,
$327. Third largest will be interest on the national
debt, $99, followed by health, SBS and tran
sportation and commerce, $54.