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PERRY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE held a successful
general membership meeting last Thursday morning at the
New Perry Hotel with a breakfast hosted by the chamber’s
industrial committee. Special guest and speaker was
General Lewis Truman, director of the State Dept, of In
dustry and Trade. From left, County Commission chairman
Robert Byrd, Perry Chamber pres. Joe Poole, General
Truman, industrial committee chairman J. M. (Buddy)
Tolleson of Tolleson Lumber Co. and William Rhodarmer of
★ District Attorney, County Commission Races w
Run Off Elections Set Here
In Big Battle Next Tuesday
By Bobby Branch
Houston County voters will
once again go to the polls
next Tuesday to decide on a
Democratic U.S. Senator,
County Commissioner for
Who Can Vote Next Tuesday?
There has obviously been some false
rumors going around in Houston
County as to just who is eligible to
vote in the run-off elections next
Tuesday.
Persons who voted in the
Republican primary August 8, and
there was 488 of them in Houston
County, are not eligible to vote next
Tuesday. All persons who were
eligible to vote August fj, but did not
The Houston Home Journal
The Perry Areas Favorite Newspaper For The Past 100 Years
post 4 and a Houston County
District Attorney. All voters
who were eligible in the
August 8, primary can vote
in the run-off with the ex
ception of the 488 voters who
declared themselves
Republicans and voted in the
GOP primary August 8.
Vieing for the District
Attorney post is R. Joneal
Lee and James Harmon.
make it to the polls are still eligible to
vote in the run-off races. Also all
those who did vote August 8, in the
Democratic primary are eligible to
vote again next Tuesday.
The rumor was that persons who
failed to vote, and who were eligible,
on August 8, would not be eligible on
August 29. But that’s not true.
Get out and vote next Tuesday.
PERRY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, AUG. 24, 1972 32 PAGES
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Kellwood Co. Truman praised the Perry chamber for their
work in the community in industrial and business develop
ment. The General also noted that the Perry chamber had
one of the outstanding executives vice president’s in the
state, referring to Elwyn McKinney. Truman outlined the
many jobs being done by his dept., mainly promoting in
dustrial and tourist development in the state. The chamber
members were shown television promotion spots being
prepared by the dept, to be shown all over the country to
promote Georgia.
Lee, a native of Perry and
now Warner Robins at
torney, got a total of 4,521
votes in the primary to
Harmon’s 3,551 votes. Third
man in that race was Joel
Willis with 2,882 votes.
Harmon practices law in
Centerville.
Apparently there has been
little interest created in the
District Attorney’s race,
which is considered by many
to be one of the most im
portant responsibility-laden
offices in the County. The
District Attorney is known as
“the voice of the people” in a
court of law.
The D.A. post is now held
by Avon Buice, who was
appointed in 1970 by Gov.
Jimmy Carter. Buice chose
not to run for another term
and plans to go into private
law practice next year.
Incumbent Commissioner
Frank Rozar is being
challenged for his post on the
Commission by political
newcomer Quinton Moody,
Rozar is a Perry farmer and
businessman and Moody is a
retired civil service em
ployee and former Houston
County deputy sheriff. Rozar
cornered 4,777 votes in the
primary to Moody’s 3,802.
Third man in that race was
former Warner Robins City
Councilman Archie Camp
bell who got 2,684 votes.
Voters are expected to
turn out in relatively large
numbers next Tuesday with
one reason being that
Houston County’s Sam Nunn
is in a run-off race for the
U.S. Senate with the in
cumbent, appointed Senator
David Gambrell.
More Funds Sought
New Airport
All Set To Go
By Bobby Branch
Ferry Mayor John Barton
announced today that final
plans for the new Perry-Fort
Valley Airport are complete
and a contract is expected to
be let in about 60 days from
now.
The original plans for
the new 5,000 foot runway
called for a cost of $479,000
one and a half years ago but
because of rising labor,
materials and construction
cost, the airport is expected
to cost in the range of
Football
Preview
This Week
F ootball season for Perry
schools opens next Friday,
Sept. 1, and The Home
Journal will be there to
provide award winning
sports coverage once again
this year as the opening kick
off takes place.
Home Journal sports
coverage begins this week
with a preview and in-depth
look at Perry’s two high
school grid teams. Sports
edior Phil Byrd previews
Perry High’s Panthers and
Joe Hiett takes a look at the
brand new Westfield Hornets
team. Both Byrd and Hiett
will be covering the fall
sports scene this season with
some occasional assistance
from Bobby Branch.
Perry High opens up Sept,
1, against arch-rival
Hawkinsville, at Perry’s new
field. Westfield will journey
to Forsyth to take on the
powerful Monroe Academy
team.
The Home Journal was
judged second best in the
State of Georgia last year for
local sports coverage. Watch
for much more of the same
this season on all sporting
news in the Perry area..
$639,000, Barton said.
The Mayor has been in
Atlanta 3 times in the past
week meeting with Gov.
Jimmy Carter and officials
of the Coastal Area Plains
Commission in an effort to
get the additional funds
needed. Barton feels con
fident the funds will be ap
proved some time in the next
few days. He said Gov.
Carter has the final approval
for the additional funding.
Os the original estimated
cost, the Federal govern
ment would fund $320,000;
the state,sl3o,ooo and $30,000
each from the Cities of Perry
and Ft. Valley and the
Sam Nunn Is
Run Off Favorite
By Bobby Branch
Perry’s U.S. Senatorial
candidate, Sam Nunn, will
face the incumbent, ap
pointed Senator David
Gambrell in a run-off
election for the Democratic
nomination for the Senate
post next Tuesday.
Nunn ran second to
Gambrell in the August 8,
primaries getting 23 per cent
of the vote with Gambrell
getting 33 per cent. Gambrell
by far won the most counties
in the state but Nunn lost a
number of counties by less
than 50 votes. Third man in
the race, Ernest Vandiver,
ran strong in those counties
lost by Nunn.
Former Gov. Ernest
Vandiver has not officially
endorsed anyone in the
Senate race, but sources
close to the former candidate i
believe he is for Nunn in the I
run-off. One news source
reported that the former j
governor may introduce
Nunn at a major speaking I
engagement before the run
off next Tuesday.
Counties of Houston and
Peach in the joint airport
project.
Mayor Barton feels the
airport is only about a year
and a half from completion
at this time. He indicated
that the plans are set and the
funding will be approved.
The airport here now has a
2,500 foot runway. With
the new 5,000 by 100 feet
runway, the airport will be
able to handle larger air
craft, including business
jets. There will also be a
5,000 foot taxi-way adjacent
to the new runway, and a
number of other im
provements at the airport.
Nunn already has the
backing of former Gov.
Marvin Griffin and Lester
Maddox and rumors are that
former Gov. Carl Sanders
favors Nunn as his choice for
the U.S. Senate.
The native Houston
Countian announced his
candidacy at an old
fashioned barbecue held at
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