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State Rep. Sam Nunn of Perry qualified for the United States Senate Race at
the State Capitol Tuesday, June 13. His family and a group of 250 supporters
formed a motorcade for the trip to the Capitol.
Cable T. V. Company Here
Explains Price Increase
After a recent an
nouncement of a price in
crease by Midstate Cable TV
Co., Inc. for subscribers in
the Perry area brought in a
number of Action Line
questions and protests to the
Home Journal, this news
paper secured a statement
from co-owners Jim Popwell
and Mansfield Jennings, Jr.
answering the various
questions. Their statement
covers all of the questions
asked, and the owners said
that they always welcome
suggestions and ideas to
improve the effectiveness of
its service.
The complaints covered
the price increase, disrup
tion of service for long
periods of time, lack of a
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technician in Perry, ob
jection to the Perry TV tower
not having a standby power
unit, and belief that the in
crease from $6.00 to $6.95
exceeded the l x k percent
price increase allowed by
President Nixon’s Phase II
program.
According to the statement
from Popwell and Jennings,
“efforts for some time have
been made to relocate or
secure a technician residing
in Perry, and these efforts
have recently been suc
cessful. MCTV now has a
repairman-technician living
in Perry. Other personnel
are on call from the
Hawkinsville office if needed
and also from our consulting
engineer firm if the need so
arises.
“Like any other company,
we do have personnel
changes from time to time
and have at times not had a
technician living in the city
of Perry.”
They explained that it is
necessary, in most cable
systems, to locate the
receiving equipment beyond
the electric noise blanket
surrounding most cities, and
their head-end site is several
miles from town and served
by REA.
“Lightning, not because of
REA or rural area service,
but because of lack of
grounding ability, is difficult
to equalize, as the power
companies can testify,” the
company spokesmen stated.
“Recently we installed a
grounding network ex
tending more than 60 feet
underground to minimize
lightning damage.
“Standby power is
available for the head-end of
our Perry cable TV system,
the same type as supplied by
our system for the head-end
in Hawkinsville and
Cochran. However, just
powering the tower or head
end will not supply cable
service during most power
outages since there are over
25 other commerical power
supply points which must be
powered in order to maintain
service to the city when a
general power outage oc
curs, such as was the case on
a recent Saturday night in
the Marshallville road area.
“Our efforts to give ex
cellent service have ap
proached superhuman. In
the last thirty days, more
than a mile of cable was torn
down by a truck. Three
crews worked late into the
night to restore service,
costing almost $6,000.
Storms and high winds
destroyed REA’s source of
power recently. Our crews
worked until 4:30 a.m.
Sunday.
“Since MCTV employs less
than 60 employees, we do not
come under the Phase II
wage and price controls now
in effect. The price increase
which was recently an
nounced was scheduled to go
into effect in the summer of
1971 but was delayed as long
as practical.
“This increase reflects
only a small amount of the
cost increases incurred by
our company and others in
the past four to five years.
Most of our subscribers
realize that small increases
of this nature are only
natural in any business if it is
to survive in today’s inflated
economy.
“In addition, Channel 38
from Columbus is now on
Perry cable, Channel 7.”
Former Perryan
Promoted At
Macon Bank
William Derry Watson,
formerly of Perry, was
promoted to an assistant
vice presidency at the First
National Bank and Trust
Company in Macon,
President Tom E. Green, Jr.
announced.
The son of Mr. and Mrs.
Guy E. Watson, he is a
graduate of the University of
Georgia and he is attending
Stonier Graduate School of
Banking of Rutgers
University. He is president
of the Big Brothers
Association and he works
with the Vine-Ingle Little
League.
Associated with First
National since 1963, Watson
is now manager of the bank’s
credit department.
He is married to the for
mer Jane Brockie of Perry
and they and their two
children live at 1047 Ousley
Place in Macon. They are
members of Forest Hills
Methodist Church.
Perry FFAers Win
State FFA Contest
Perry High School FFA
members Tim Yawn and
Tim Lewis won first and
second places, respectively,
in the State FFA Hor
ticulture Contest. Tim Yawn
had an outstanding program
at the Perry High School
greenhouses where he kept
bedding plant records,
managed seed plantings, and
performed many other
operations. The award
consisted of one hundred
twenty five dollars towards a
trip to the National FFA
Convention in November,
Tim Lewis, second place
winner, was engaged in a
program of plant breeding
and genetics. He did most of
his work in his greenhouse
that he constructed at home.
Tim conducts experiments
with selected flowers and
vegetables and also
manages two large gardens.
His state award is fifty
dollars in cash.
Three Top Perry Students
Attend Honors Program
Eight students from
Warner Robins and three
from Perry were among 400
of Georgia's most out
standing high school juniors
and seniors who arrived at
Wesleyan College in Macon
Wednesday for the ninth
annual Governor’s Honors
Program.
The students, selected last
March on the basis of their
academic achievements and
their potential for advanced
learning, will have the op
portunity to explore fields of
study not usually available
Army First Lieutenant
Charles H. Andrew Jr., 25,
whose parents live at 709
Evergreen St., Perry, Ga.,
recently completed a 12-
week field artillery Officer
Basic Course at the Army
Field Artillery School, Ft.
Sill, Okla.
During the course,
students gain proficiency in
artillery techniques and are
introduced to new weapons
and doctrine.
Lt. Andrew entered the
He was graduated from
Perry High School in 1964
and received a J.D. degree in
1971 from Mercer University
Walter F. George School of
Macon. Before en
tering the army he was an
attorney with law firm of
Darby-Calhoun, Vidalia. He
is a member of Dalta Tau
Delta and Phi Alpha Delta
fraternities.
Navy Fireman Apprentice
Frank A. Jackson, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Jerorqe P. Jackson
of Route 1, Bonaire, Ga.,
completed basic Boiler
Technician School at Great
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PERRY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JUNE 22, 1972
in a high school curriculum.
The eight-week study at the
Honors Program will offer
these students independent
study and new learning
situations within their in
dividual areas of interest.
The students receive
neither grades nor
academic credit for their
participation in the program
but rather are motivated by
their desire to learn.
Each participant was
nominated by his local
school in one field of study,
which will occupy his time
six mornings a week during
the summer program. Each
student will also be able to
choose a second area for less
intensive study in the af
ternoons. The Honors
Program also includes
physical education, special
events ranging from outside
speakers to musical and
theatrical productions, and
academic and personal
counseling programs. All of
the students will live in
Wesleyan dormitories
during their stay.
The 55 teachers and ad
ministrators for the program
were carefully chosen from
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secondary schools and
colleges around the state.
The students will return
home for a long weekend
preceding the Fourth of July,
then will continue their work
until August 3.
Gary Bruce Rogers in
science and Kim Francis
Holec in social science are
from Perry High School,
Debra Diane Hooten, who
attends Westfield High, is a
participant in English. This
is the first year that private
schools like Westfield have
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been able to participate in
the Honors Program.
Participants from Warner
Robins High School are
Ruben Blair Beverly and
Melody Roberts in English
and Victor E. Goetz in social
studies. From Northside
High, participants are
James W. Faircloth in
drama, Kelly A. Toburen in
English, Faith Lucille
Phillips in foreign language,
Michael Edward Hoffman in
science, and I .aura Jane
Bethune in social science.