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VOLUME 103 NO. 10
Leash Law Proposed
City Council Is
Going To Dogs
Mrs. Joann Ogletree ap
peared before City Council
Tuesday night saying,
■ Spring is coining again and
so are the dogs, so I am down
here to make my annual plea
with the Council about
getting a leash law here.”
Mrs. Ogletree pointed out
the present $5 registration
law does not work and that
many persons who register
their dogs with the City feel
it gives them the right to let
their dogs roam the streets,
it's hard enough for me to
take all these dogs using my
yard", Mrs, Ogletree said,
"Underground"
Revamped Garbage
System Takes Shape
Action taken by City
Council Tuesday night in
dicates the City will finally
get into the much talked
about underground garbage
system.
Councilman Henry Casey
was authorized to purchase
MO inserts for the new
containers from a Moultrie,
Ca., manufacturer at a cost
of $4.77 each. Casey said the
City will be in a position to
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Editor Gets Stop Sign
Hom ry r City Counc ilman D.K. (Dot) Roughton (r.) presents a “stop sign’’ to
ml. Journ °l Publisher Bobby Branch at Tuesday night’s City Council
BraS Rou Shton stopped the meeting to make the presentation asking
editor ° present the sign to “Porky” who writes Porky’s Ponderings on the
*Qu*l? J** e °f HHJ each week. In Porky’s column last week he had
After?! tk . at Rou Shton put up a stop sign on the “pig path” where he lives
he gets th nch assur ed Roughton he personally knows Porky and would see that
G Roughton turned it over to him.
The Houston Home Journal
“but when they start using Councilman James
my porch, that s about all 1 McKinley said, “I’ve never
can take, and I hope this City
Council will finally do
something about it this
year.”
begin installing the cans in
about 30 days.
Councilmen Dot Houghton
and Casey deckled to get into
the underground system
several months ago after
studying the system at
Moultrie. They feel when the
system is installed all over
Perry, the City will save
money on the sanitation
dept, as well as providing
more efficient service to
customers.
Published Weekly In Perry , Georgia, Home Os Senator Sam Nunn
felt the City should license
dogs to walk the streets and I
have never felt the $5 tag fee
has worked and 1 make a
motion we repeal the $5 fee
law and refund all those who
have paid the $5 in 1973.”
McKinley’s motion passed
and Mayor John Barton
appointed a special dog
ordinance committee headed
by Councilman Dan Britton
with Councilmen Henry
Casey and H.H. Hackworth.
The committee will begin
right away to look into a new
leash law ordinance and
have it ready to present at
the next Council meeting on
March 20.
Councilman Britton said
he had never favored the
current law but that at the
time it was proposed, that
was what Council wanted
and that talk of a leash law
brought public outrage.
Mayor Barton said, “Dogs
have always been a problem
in this City and I hope we can
PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY, GA. THURS. MARCH 8, 1973
come up with a law that is
loop-hole free to put an end
once and for all to the dog
problem.”
Walter Hembisz, a citizen
in the audience, rose to say
that he thinks Perryans
ought to have the right to
“shoot dogs” that run wild in
their yards. He said a dog
pack came through his yard
creating a lot of noise the
other night and that the next
time they visit his property
he is going to start shooting.
Kembisz said he would
protect his property by
shooting stray dogs in packs
and he doesn’t see how the
City can come to his house
and tell him he can’t shoot a
gun in the City limits.
Kembisz also was in favor of
the proposed leash law.
Barton,
McKinley
Tangle
Perry City Councilman
James McKinley charged
Mayor John Barton Tuesday
night with using his name
without his permission
politically.
McKinley disclosed a
telegram sent by Mayor
Barton/to the chairman of
the State Highway Dept.,
Hugh D. Broom, two weeks
ago when the position of
highway director was open
because of the resignation of
Bert I,ance. The telegram
asked that the name of Sam
Way of Hawkinsville be
considered for the high state
post and was signed “City of
Perry, Mayor and Council”.
McKinley said he had no
idea the telegram was sent.
He said he had no qualms
about the qualifications of
Sam Way but that he did not
appreciate his name being
used in this fashion without
being consulted. He also
produced another telegram
on the same subject and
signed the same way that
had been sent to Gov. Jimmy
Carter.
Mayor Barton apologized
to McKinley and told him he
had no intention of offending
the Councilman when he took
the action. He said he was
only looking out for the best
interest of Perry and that he
felt if Way could have landed
the job it would have been to
the benefit of Perry. Barton
said he had talked with
Councilman Alton Hardy
about the action but had not
contacted some of the other
Councilmen.
Councilman McKinley said
he hoped it would never
happen again and Mayor
Barton assured him it would
not.
In the meantime, Downing
Musgroove was named to
take Bert lance’s place.
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Anyone For Writer's Cramp?
The Houston County Commissioners spent two
hours Tuesday afternoon taking down bids on
various parts of the new prison camp and jail that
is underway on Kings Chapel Road. Pictured, left
to right, are: County Attorney Walker Burke;
Cost Uncertain
County Flooded
With Prison Bids
The Houston County
Commissioners Tuesday
opened more than thirty bids
for construction of the new
Detentional-Correctional
Facility on Kings Chapel
Hoad on the outer perimeter
of Perry’s city limits but
took no action on any of the
bids at the meeting. The
small meeting room at the
county courthouse was
crowded with onlookers at
the two o’clock bids opening.
Architect John Cun
ningham read off the bids
one at a time, and it soon
became apparent that the
quotations would have to be
analyzed carefully. Two
hours of letter opening
produced no concrete an
swer of the new facility’s
cost, which has been
previously estimated at
around $750,000.
Bids ranged in price from
under three hundred dollars
to over $90,000. Several
contractors bid on both labor
and materials, and the bids
were detailed, for items such
as glasswork, hardware,
pest extermination, paint,
tile, and many others.
The County com
missioners had planned upon
using prison labor as much
as possible, but several
bidders included in the cost
their labor time, causing the
commissioners to have to
make adjustments in the
future. It is speculated that
the commission may have to
devise some means of
separating labor and
materials cost from the bids.
Earlier in the day, the
present inadequate prison
camp and county jail
became the focus of at
tention when Perry Mayor
John Barton and City
Councilmen H. H. Hack
worth, Dot Houghton, and
Henry Casey appeared
before the Commission to
request the use of four
county prisoners for city
labor purposes. Warden
Allen Stone informed the
four city officials, “Right
now I don’t have any men to
spare. Warner Robins has
eight of my prisoners, and
with the work load we ’ve
Top Lawmen Discuss Drugs
These three Houston law enforcement officers got together last Tuesday to
make a joint appeal for funding for a five-man drug squad for Houston and
Peach Counties. From left to right are: Perry Police Chief B.E. Dennard;
Warner Robins Police Chief Pip Rape; and Houston County Sheriff Cullen
Talton. Talton is looking pleased because the commissioners had just okayed
the proposal.
Commissioner Charles Carter; Perryan Com
missioner Frank Rozar; and Commission
Chairman Alton Tucker. No bids were accepted as
final at the session, and it is speculated that
several bids may have to be altered.
got, we’re in need of a few
more ourselves.”
Stone also mentioned,
“Our prison camp, the one
we are in now, is designed
for :J5 to 36 men and we have
51 in it. Now, 1 can get some
prisoners from other parts of
the state, but I don’t have
any place to put them. When
we get in the new facility, of
course, I won’t have any
problems with space.”
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Commission chairman
Alton Tucker then stated,
“We ought to try to help
Ferry. I think we should try
to get them the four men, if
possible.”
Commissioner Robert
Byrd then put Tucker’s
recommendation in the form
of a motion and it passed. So
Ferry should be receiving
several county prisoners in
the future to assist city labor
foces.