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Police Investigating
Safecrackers
Strike Again
“A sloppy job,” was the
way Perry Police Chief B. E.
Dennard described the
destruction of a safe at Geo.
C. Nunn and Son’s with an
iron bar, an axe and a
screwdriver. The warehouse
was entered through a rear
window, then the subject
entered the office, tore the
safe apart, and took SIB.OO
cash. The burglary was
reported on July 4.
On that same date, police
received a report that boys
throwing rocks from a
bridge over Gaines Drive hit
the windshield of a 1972
Toyota Mark II owned by
William N. Graham, 305-4
Pennell Circle, Tallahassee,
Fla.
On July 6, Kosa Mims of
Bess Street reported the
theft of a 5-speed bicycle.
Maggie Mae Eubanks
reported to police that
Ixmnie Hzelle cut her with a
knife. She was taken to a
hospital for treatment anti
announced her intention to
swear out a warrant for
Hzelle
On July 9, police found two
doors open at Perry High
School open and a soft drink
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NEW TOWN HOUSES: McGlammary Properties of Warner Robins are
completing this wing of new town house apartments in Perry adjacent to the
Tara Apt. Complex here just off Macon Street.
PERRY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JULY 13, 1972
machine broken into. They
also found a window open at
Davis Oil Company and
evidence that entry was
made but nothing was
missing.
On July 10, Holiday Inn
reported thefts from a motel
room occupied by Donald E.
Melican, JO Briarwood,
Normal, Illinois. Reported
missing were American
Express Travelers checks
totaling approximately $480;
gasoline and other credit
cards; woman's and man's
billfolds.
Ptl. Beasley investigated
an accident on Spring Street
July 8 involving a 1969 Ford
truck driven by Nathaniel
Trarnel, Route 1, Sautee,
Ga., and a 1968 Chevrolet
sedan driven by Beverly Ann
Sanders, 1319 Ball St., Perry.
Both vehicles were going
straight ahead when the
Sanders vehicle started
slowing or stopping and the
Trarnel vehicle ran into it.
Trarnel was charged with
driving with learners license
without licensed driver in the
Busted Safe At Geo. C. Nunn and Son
car.
On the same date an ac
cident involving a 1971
Suzuki Motorcycle driven by
Willie C. Davis, 1317 Oldfield
l*me and a 1968 Nova Sedan
driven by I-ouise Houser, 907
Washington Street, occurred
at U.S. .141 North and Grant
Plaza entrance. Davis was
treated at Perry-Houston
County Hospital for bruised
hip and legs.
On Jeanne Street and Eko
Road July 7, Ptl. Kermit
Beasley found both vehicles
moved on arrival. Involved
in the accident were a 1966
Mercury sedan driven by
Mildred McKenzie Joseph
and a 1964 Oldsmobile sedan
driven by Eddie King, 520
Bill St., Perry.
Perry Fire Dept.
Answered one car fire on
U.S, 41 south during the past
week, found it out on arrival.
Centerville
No activity.
Boiiuire-Kuthleen
No activity.
iiayneville-Gruvaiiia
No activity.
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Council Has Busy Meeting
City Records Safe Year j
By Bobby Branch
City Councilman Dan
Britton reported last Wed
nesday night at Council
meeting that the City has
received a check from
Beavers Insurance Agency
in the amount of $760 as a
refund from the City’s health
and accident insurance
premiums. Britton said the
refund came because of the
outstanding safety record of
the city employees.
Britton said, “1 want to
commend all our employees
for this outstanding record
and Mr. Beavers has told me
that it is most unusual for a
municipality to have such a
clean record on safety."
Britton also reported on
the fire dept, for the past
quarter He said City
firemen held 7 fire drills with
56 men attending; they had
27 regular fires with a total
of 86 men attending; 8
overtime fires with 83 men
attending; 7 house fires and 3
business fires, 8 auto fires, 8
grass fires and 9
miscellanous fires and no
false alarms. Total fire time
cost to the city during the
last quarter was $1,160,
Britton reported. He also
said that fireman Smokey
Wells has completed a one
week course at Marietta, Ga.
in fire hazard inspection and
fire fighting. Britton stated
that half of the City’s fire
hydrants were flushed
during the quarter.
Britton asked Council to
advertise in The Home
Journal a request from J. P.
Kisher for a wine pouring
license and a beer license for
the soon to open Peachtree
Inn Restaurant on the 1-75
south interchange here.
Council voted to proceed
with the advertising.
Haekworth Seeks
City Fiscal Year
Newly seated Councilman
11 II (Hack) Haekworth
asked Council to initiate a
study to change the City's
accounting system from a
calendar year to a fiscal
year. He said a fiscal year
accounting system could
coincide with the state and
federal government and that
it would be more efficient for
the City.
Councilman James
McKinley said he believes it
is a good- idea because of all
the federal fluids the City
receives and also for tax
collection purposes. Council
will take the proposal under
study.
Houghton Wants
Streets Surveys
Councilman D. K. (Dot)
Houghton said he wants the
City to proceed as soon as
possible with a paving street
improvement survey on
Gardner, Stanley and
Gordon Streets. He said he
w as going to seek the aid of
the Countv and the state
surveys and improvements
underway as soon as
possible.
Koughton said he also
wants to seek aid for portions
of Elko Road. He noted that
some residents on Elko Road
are having problems with
their driveways washing out.
Mayor John Barton said he is
also in favor of seeking state
aid for the Elko Raod
problems.
Hardy Asks For
City Charter Study
Councilman Alton Hardy
asked Council Wednesday
night to consider appointing
a committee to study the
Perry City Charter and
recommend needed changes
and additions. Hardy said
the charter is outdated in
some areas and needs to be
updated and streamlined for
the times. Council decided to
take the matter under
consideration.
Hardy also reported that
installation of new water
lines in the several areas of
the City is proceeding on
schedule. He noted that work
on the City’s new water
treatment plant is also
progressing. The plant is
located at the end of
Woodlawn Drive near the
Perry Drive-In.
McKinley Proposes
City Pay Day Change
Councilman James
MoKinley asked Council
Wednesday night to change
the City’s policy of paying
emnlovees on the first and
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Last Call
For Junk Cars
Carlos Merritte, Perry
building inspector, an
nounced today that he is
extending the free pick up of
' junked cars by the City until
July 22. The City will pick up
and dispose of junked cars if
requested to do so by the
owners.
Merritte said the picks up
will be done only until July
22, at no cost to the owners.
He noted that junked cars
can be condemned by his
office and that the City has
the authority to have them
removed if they are proven
to be junked.
He said the City has not
had very good luck with the
policy because not many
junked car owners are
calling City Hall to have
their property removed.
Merritte urged anyone with
a junked car to call his office
at City Hall as soon as
possible at 987-1911.
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All Type Accidents Recorded
Houston Countians
Have Low Accident Rate
What kind of a safety record has Houston
County been producing in the last few years?
For the average person, is living in the local
area more hazardous or less so, from the stand
point of accidents, than in other localities?
According to figures released by the U.S. Public
Health Service during the past three years in
connection with its annual vital statistics reports,
the accident rate in the local area is relatively
low.
They show an average of 34 fatalities per year,
attributable to accidents, among residents of
Houston County. Os this number, 22 were due to
automobiles.
The figures refer to all types of accidents,
whether they took place in the home or at work or
while driving, swimming, boating or hunting.
Covered are all accidents in which local people
were involved, wherever they took place. Not
included, however, are accidents in the local area
affecting non-residents.
From the standpoint of population, Houston
County’s toll was below average. It was
equivalent to a rate of 52 fatal accidents per
fifteenth of each month to
every other Friday. He said
that several employees have
told him that they would
prefer to get paid on Fridays
instead of the middle of the
week. McKinley said the new
system would give em
ployees a total of 26 pay days
instead of 24. He noted that
PERRY WAR PROTESTERS: Perry’s own band of war protesters have
been making the rounds recently defacing stop signs like this one on Macon
Street. The City police don’t think much of the protesters and they are trying to
find out who is defacing the signs. A City Ordinance carries a SIOO fine for
defacing signs in the City limits.
Chief Warns Bike Riders
Perry Police Chief B. E.
Dennard issued a warning to
all bicycle riders that they
must comply with the law
requiring lights on any
bicycle being operated after
dark. He said he has had
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there would be no increase in
pay but that it would just be
divided 26 ways instead of 24.
He also pointed out that
employees would receive 3
checks in the months of
December and June instead
of 2. Council voted to put
McKinley’s recom
mendation into effect this
calls from people who had
almost struck children on
bicycles with their
automobiles because they
could not see them on dark
streets.
“It is the duty of parents to
see that their children do not
100,000 population.
Byway of comparison, the rate throughout, the
rest of the United States averaged 56 per 100,000.
It amounted to 61 per 100,000 in the South Atlantic
States.
The magnitude of the accident problem is
brought out in figures compiled by the National
Safety Council. They show that more than 114,000
Americans lost their lives in the past year and
that 55,000 of them involved motor vehicles. In
second place were home accidents, which claimed
26,500 lives.
This tells only part of the story; however.
Another 10,800,000 suffered disabling, but not
fatal, injuries in the course of the year.
Thus, for every one who was killed there were
another 95 who were injured.
According to the council’s estimate, the
economic loss in the year caused by accidents
reached $27.7 billion. Counted in this figure are
loss of wages, medical expenses, property
damage and the like.
Houston County’s share of this bill, applying the
average cost per accident to the local area, comes
to approximately $7,174,000.
month.
McKinley asked Mayor
Barton to get a status report
for Council on Perry’s public
housing program. He said
that the housing has been
approved since 1969 but that
there has been very little
news about it. Barton said he
would get a report for next
council meeting.
ride a bicycle without lights
after dark,” Chief Dennard
said. ‘I hope we don’t have to
have a tragedy here to make
them realize this is not safe
for their children.”
The law doesn’t apply just
to children, but to all bike
riders