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Plans Complete For New Perry - Fort Volley Airport , Construction Expected Soon >*, Mli - '' • • „,. .11 . 1 r! * [ i.~ | ‘i i _ 1 [ ill - ; /w v ’ ■•» •** • * **/" 1 " * v VOL. 101 NO. 34 r f'i- v w* & js ' 4 w f 'dJF\ h *'***%&&? JwIP 11 Jf JW/ c 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 PAGE 1-A 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 Cont. Page 2 T % - i * o Sam Nunn