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By Bobby Branch
How are Perry area teenagers taking to their
new “adult status” that came about on July 1,
when all Georgia citizens 18 years old legally
ilj: became adults? According to a Home Journal
survey taken last week the “new adults” aren’t
getting too excited about their newly acquired
:i;i freedoms. A check with the beer and liquor
package stores in Perry revealed that hardly any
iji: teenagers have made purchases.
One package store owner here said. “We have
ij: had only a few of the kids come in. I asked one
young man, who was 18, how it felt to be a man
now and he told me that it was no big deal as far as
£: he was concerned.”
The business from new adults at the package
stores might have been slow, but that wasn’t the
case at the Red Fox lounge at the Holiday Inn here
and several lounges in Warner Robins. Teenagers
$ packed into the lounge here Saturday night and
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McKinley Leads Fight
City Council Declares
War On Mosquitoes
By Bobby Branch McKinley has declared war
City Councilman James on mosquitoes in Perry, The
| Drug Charges Filed
I Against Perry Nurse |
By Maxine Thompson
Jean Horn, a registered
nurse at Perry-Houston
County Hospital, was
arrested last Thursday and
charged with obtaining
narcotic drug by fraud.
The arrest warrant was
taken out by Joel Sullivan,
Special Investigator for the
Houston County District
attorney’s office.
The Horn woman was
released on SI,OOO bond.
Sullivan declined to
release the suspect’s name
to reporters, saying that the
investigation is being con
tinued. The arrest followed a
three-month investigation,
he said.
“No Alcoholic Beverages”
Ochlahatchee Head
Warns Park Violators
President Bob Richardson has been
asked to clarify the position of the
Perry Club Council, Inc. relative to
drinking alcoholic beverages on park
property.
The drinking or possession of any
type of alcoholic beverages is strictly
prohibited on all of the Ochlahatchee
Park area, Richardson said. There
have been several complaints about
young people drinking in the park
during and after the Perry Junior
League baseball games.
Beginning this week, Richardson
stated that a policeman will be
assigned to the park until the con
Since no information could
be obtained from the District
Attorney’s investigator
about the exact nature of the
charges against the woman,
the theory has been ad
vanced that she obtained
drugs illegally by listing
them on the charts of
patients and keeping them
herself. Most hospitals keep
very tight checks on their
drug supplies.
It is not known whether the
Horn woman allegedly ob
tained drugs for her own use
or for resale. This is the first
time charges of this nature
have been made against any
employee of the hospital
here.
clusion of the Perry Junior League
baseball games. Any persons caught
in possession of or drinking alcoholic
beverages on park property will be
prosecuted. A curfew will be imposed
on the park area immediately
following the Junior League baseball
games and no one will be allowed to
remain in the park area after the last
game has been completed.
“These measures are taken to
insure that Ochlahatchee Park
remains a “family” recreational area
in keeping with the highest standards
of care and moral behavior,”
Richardson said.
took advantage of their new freedom to legally
drink and purchase alcoholic beverages.
Several lounges in Warner Robins were filled
with overflowing crowds Saturday night, most of
them being the new 18 to 21 year olds. It was
reported that one favorite establishment in
Warner Robins had to close down early Saturday
because of the large crowds.
A bartender said, “The kids behaved them
selves and most of them were drinking beer and
having a good time. They didn’t act particularly
like it was any big thing to them they just seemed
to enjoy themselves and they sure weren’t up tight
about being in a bar for the first time.”
A check with a few Perry teenagers found that
they think the new law is a good one but that they
didn’t rush out to the nearest bar or package store
to take advantage of their new freedoms. Ap
parently the 18 year olds didn’t react to the new
law the way many adults and parents felt they
would. Some observers had figured the teenagers
Councilman nas his plan of
battle prepared and now all
he needs is the artillery to
wipe out the pesky little
insects that are plagueing
environs of Perry.
McKinley reported to
Council last Wednesday
night that he has received a
report from the En
vironmental Protection
Agency of the Georgia Dept,
of Natural Resources,
concerning Perry’s mosquito
problems. He said he had
requested a study by the
agency 2 months ago and
that they had sent two
engineers into the com
munity to conduct the study.
Councilman McKinley
explained that Perry is now
spraying for mosquitoes
from an airplane at a cost of
$305 for the plane plus the
cost of the chemicals for
each spraying. He said the
report indicated that the air
spraying is only effective for
6 to 8 days and a 10 day
maximum. He further added
that the report recom-
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mended the City buy a
fogging machine to spray for
the mosquitoes at a cost of
about $2,300. He said the
engineers recommended a
new type cold spray mist
machine. He said the City of
Savannah uses this type
machine and recommends it
highly.
The Councilman showed
how the City could save
money with the machine by
getting special price on
chemicals bought in a 50
gallon lot.
Mayor John Barton said he
would like to have a
demonstration of the
machine arranged for the
Council before any decision
is made on purchasing one of
the “mosquito killers.”
Councilman McKinley said
he was not making a motion
to buy the machine but that
he was reporting on the
findings of the engineers.
Bill Graham Gets
State C Os C Post
W. C. Graham, Jr.,
General Manager of Pabst
Brewing Company, has been
appointed to the Industrial
Development Council of the
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W. C. Graham, Jr.
would rush right out and buy all the beer and
liquor they could. But it didn’t work that way.
One Perry teen observed, “I don’t know why so
many people thought we were going to try to drink
up all the booze in Houston County just because
the new law was passed. It’s no big thing and
besides it takes coins to buy booze and most of us
just aren’t going to spend all our cash on the stuff.
Bull think the new law is a great thing, it just isn’t
a big thing to me and a lot of the kids I know.”
The thousands of Georgia teenagers became
emancipated by an act of the last term of the
Georgia General Assembly. The question now
being batted around is just how much do Georgia
teenagers know about their new freedom?
The basic effects of the new law, other than the
much touted right to purchase alcoholic
beverages, will be in the area of contracts. When a
person 18 years or older puts his name on a piece
of paper, he will be legally responsible.
There are numerous other aspects involved with
So it seems Councilman
McKinley’s war on
mosquitoes will be postponed
until the Council can take a
closer look at the artillery.
Welcome
Newcomers
Mr. Curtis Hobbs
319 liee St.
Mr. and Mrs. Marvin E.
Arrington, Jr.
1413 Elizabeth Ave.
Mr. and Mrs. Don Homes
1502 Baker St.
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth
Germundsen
835 Oakridge Dr.
Georgia Chamber of Com
merce.
Announcement of the
appointment was made by
Georgia Chamber President
Valence Bennett of Alma.
The Council, a 100-man
development team
representing all sections of
the state, is headed by Joe T.
Vice President of
the Atlanta Gas Light
Company. It conducts a four
pronged economic program
which includes Red Carpet
industrial tours of the state,
promotion of greater
agricultural product
processing, communitv
development assistance to
local business leaders and
further efforts to expand
labor proficiency and
technical training for
Georgia youth.
James McKinley
Henry Casey
Mayor Assigns Council
Committees For Year
* Barton Seeks Cooperation *
By Bobby Branch
Conducting his second
official Council meeting,
Perry Mayor John Barton
made committee assign
ments for the remainder of
the year last Wednesday
night and briedly outlined his
goals as head of Perry’s City
government.
Mayor Barton pointed out
that he did not make many
changes in committees
noting that half the year has
gone.
The Mayor said, ad
dressing Council, ‘‘Gen
tlemen, I am looking for
ward to serving with each of
you during the months and
years ahead. We have a
tremendous task before us to
run this City and I know that
all of you are capable and
eager to do your jobs to the
benefit of the City.”
Barton promised Council
that he would not step over
department head bounds but
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the 18 year old law that bring about legal jiji
questions. One local attorney advised any
teenagers entering into a contract agreement to
purchase anything should be very certain “they !•:•
know exactly what they are signing.” $
The new law does not automatically change the
laws which contain age requirements. For
example, laws which control the election of $
persons to certain governmental offices
frequently set minimum age requirements, in $
many cases well over 21. These laws remain in
effect.
The new law makes an exception to lowering the jijj
legal age to 18 for business purposes but persons $
still may not serve as officers and directors of jij:
corporations until they reach the age of 21. $
The “new adult” law involves many areas. But ijlj
so far, it seems, most local teenagers just aren’t §
getting “excited” about the law. “It’s no big :$
thing” they say.
Dan Britton
D. K. Roughton
he offered to assist any
Councilman at any time with
his department if he
requested assistance from
the Mayor’s office. He asked
for the full cooperation of
Council and asked that they
work together in a spirit of
cooperation.
The Mayor appointed the
Mayor John Barton
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H. H. Hackworth
M
Alton Hardy
following committees:
Public Safety (fire and
police) Councilmen Dan
Britton and Alton Hardy, co
chairman; Public Works
(streets, garbage collec
tions, airport, cemeteries,
parks; Councilmen D, K.
Roughton and Henry Casey,
co-chairmen; Utilities
(water and sewage plants,
gas dept., water mains,
sewer) Councilmen Alton
Hardy and James McKinley,
co-chairmen; Licenses,
Councilmen D. K. Roughton
and James McKinley, co
chairmen; Planning and
Zoning, Councilmen James
McKinley and Henry Casey,
co-chairmen; Ad
ministrative (budget and
finance; Councilmen H. H.
Hackworth, chairman and
Councilmen Alton Hardy and
James McKinley (working
with the mayor).
Mayor Barton pointed out
that all committee assign
ments share equal
responsibility.