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The Houston Home Journal
VOL. 104 NO. 23
Late Budget Blamed
Council Holds Off
On Millage Rates
The members of Perry City
Council voted down a
proposed millage rate
Tuesday night of 13 mills until
they have time to hold special
meetings to complete a budget
for next year.
Finance chairman Coun
cilman H.H. Hackworth made
a motion to set the millage
rate at the same 13 mills it was
last year so that employees in
the City’s tax department can
begin mailing tax statements.
He said the 13 mills will
generate $372,577.53 in
revenue from ad valorem,
Sjrsonal property taxes and
obile home taxes.
When Hackworth’s proposal
came to a vote only he and
Councilman H.E. (Gene)
Smith voted to proceed with
i setting the millage rate.
Councilmen D.K. Roughton,
Alton Hardy, Gordon Scar
borough, Jr., and Henry Casey
voted against the motion
stating they need more time to
study the budget before set
ting the millage rate. There is
some speculation the millage
rate may be set higher.
Councilman Hackworth told
The Home Journal, “I’m
For Street Paving
'
Walker Announces
$63,500 Grant
State Representative Larry Walker of Perry
announced this week that the State Dept, of
Transportation has granted $63,500 in funds to the
City of Perry to assist in the paving and re
surfacing of 17 streets here.
Walker was notified of the grant by Tran
sportation Commissioner Downing Musgrove
Wednesday morning.
The funds were sought several months ago when
Rep. Walker, Perry Mayor James McKinley and
City Councilman D.K. Roughton met with
Musgrove in Atlanta.
Paving of the streets is scheduled to get un
derway by June 15, and completed by the middle
of August.
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Second Georgian Ever Named
J. M. Tolleson Elected
Pres . Os Forest Group
J.M. Tolleson, Jr., of Perry,
Georgia, is the new president
of the Southern Forest
Products Association, an
organization of lumber
manufacturers with
operations in 12 states.
He was elected at the
Association’s annual con
vention June 3 in New
Orleans. He is president of
Tolleson Lumber Company,
Inc., of Perry.
Tolleson is the second
Georgian to serve as president
of SFPA during the
Association’s 60-year history.
Harley Langdale, Jr., of
Valdosta, was elected to the
hi<£ office in 1966. The
organization was formerly the
Southern Pine Association.
Tolleson is prominent in
business affairs in Georgia
and in local, regional and
national forestry and forest
products activities.
He is chairman of the board
[I of directors of the First
Perry And Houston County's Independent Newspaper With An Independent Voice
sticking to my proposed 13
mills, no matter what. 1 don’t
buy that stuff that the budget
has to be prepared first before
the millage is set. I 'think you
ought to look at your income,
set the millage rate as
reasonable as you can, then
Tough Policy Installed
Council Adopts New
Utility Deposit Rate
Perry City Council voted
Tuesday night to set up a new
rate structure for deposits on
gas, water and sewage to
Perry residential and com
mercial customers. The new
rate policy goes into effect
immediately.
On the recommendation of
the utilities committee made
up of Councilmen Alton
Hardy, Henry Casey and
Gordon Scarborough, Jr.,
National Bank of Houston
County, Georgia, and is also a
member of the board of
directors of the Federal Land
Bank.
Tolleson serves on the
executive committee and
board of directors of the
J.M. Tolleson, Jr.
PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURS., JUNE 6, 1974
tailor your budgets to suit the
income.”
Hackworth further added,
“We are just going to have to
stop any wild spending and
watch our budgets very
closely. There are some
departments that will just
have to cut to the bone and live
Council set the following
residential rates: All new
customers must put a $25
deposit each for water and gas
before the utility will be
turned on by the city. Old
customers whose utility is cut
off the second time for non
payment in a six month period
Executive
Council Session
Requested
Perry City Councilman D.K.
(Dot) Roughton asked Council
Tuesday night to call an
“executive session’’ next
Monday night so that Council
can discuss personnel matters
concerning the Canine Control
Officer Joe Way and a City bill
from the Perry Animal
Hospital in the amount of s6l.
Roughton asked that Police
Chief B E. Dennard be at the
closed session.
City Council is permitted to
meet in private under the
Georgia Sunshine Law when
personnel matters are to be
discussed. The Sunshine Law
provides that elected
governmental bodies must
hold all official meetings in
public with the news media
present.
National Forest Products
Association, Washington, D.C.
He is a director of the Georgia
Forestry Association and the
Southern Hardwood Lumber
Manufacturers Association,
headquartered in Memphis,
Tennessee.
He attended Davidson
College in North Carolina and
is a veteran of World War 11.
The Southern Forest
Products Association holds a
role of leadership in forest
resource development
throughout the South and in
programs designed to assure
maximum economy and ef
ficiency in the use of Southern
Pine lumber.
The Association is a co
author of the “Third Forest’’
program whose objective is to
double timber growth in the
South by the year 2000 through
assistance to small nonin
dustrial landowners in star
ting tree planting and forest
management programs.
with the budget and income
we are going to have."
The Council held a special
meeting Wednesday night to
discuss the budget and
millage rate and the rate will
officially be set by Council at
the next regular meeting on
June 18.
will be required to put up a $25
deposit for each utility in
addition to a $lO penalty for
each cut off. These customers
will also be charged $5 for
each trip by a city employee
after the first trip to cut the
utility on again. (Councilman
Scarborough said it is
necessary for an employee to
make several trips sometimes
to cut a utility back on before
the resident is found at home.)
The following new rates are
now effective for commercial
customers: All new customers
will be required to put up a
SIOO deposit before any utility
can be cut on. Old customers
whose utility is cut off the
second time in a six month
period must also put SIOO
deposit in addition to a $lO
penalty for each cut off. A $5
charge for each trip a city
employee to cut the utility
back on will also be charged.
The committee’s recom
mendation also called for a
new policy of not notifying any
customers of their delinquent
bills. In the past, city utility
customers who have not paid
their bills (due on the 20th of
each month) have been
mailed a notice. In the future
there will be no notices sent
and customers not paying on
time will be cut off im
mediately.
The new rate policy grew
out of a recent finding on
Council that for the past 20
years the City has lost an
average of $750 a year on
customers who either left
town without paying their
utility bills or did not pay for
other reasons.
Alter the committees
recommendations were
adopted by Council, Mayor
James McKinley stated, “I
know the City must operate
matters like this on a
business-like basis, but at the
same time we have to continue
to have a heart. I want us to be
sure in these cut-off cases we
don't cause a hardship in
cases where there may be an
infant, sick person or elderly
persons in the house."
Councilman Henry Casey
assured the Mayor such cases
would be checked out and that
the committee indeed “has a
heart.”
City Battles Mosquitoes
Perry Councilman Henry
Casey recommended to Mayor
and Council Tuesday night
that the City’s mosquitoe
spraying campaign by air
plane be continued for the rest
of the summer. Casey said the
spraying is costing the City
$369 every two weeks but that
the mosquitoe problem here is
well under control. He also
pointed out that residential
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Perry Mayor and City Council pondered long
and hard over a number of important decisions at
Tuesday night's regular City Council meeting.
Details on what went on at this week's meeting
can be found in several stories on the first three
To Obtain Federal Grant
Day Care Center
Here Seeks City Aid
Ralph Page, an official of
the Federation of Southern
Cooperatives, appeared
before the Perry City Council
Tuesday night on behalf of the
Houston County Child
Development Center to ask for
financial and other support
from the City to keep a day
care center in operation in
Perry.
Page said his organization is
funded by several agencies of
the Federal Government and
that it works closely with
organizations and co-ops
made up of low income people.
He explained to Council that in
order to keep the day care
center open in Perry this year
the Houston Child Develop
ment Center has applied for
Federal funds in the amount of
$75,000. Page pointed out that
in order to qualify for the
funds, 25 percent matching
funds must be provided by the
State and local groups. He
said he had been assured the
State Dept, of Human
Resources will provide half of
the $25,000 local funds and that
the day care officials will be
required to raise about $12,500
in matching funds.
Page never said exactly how
much the local group would
like the City to fund the
organization but indicated
they would like to get financial
support from the City and the
community at large to con
tinue the day care center in
Perry.
Page went on to say the day
care center here would
provide services to begin with
areas are also being sprayed
on a regular basis by truck.
City finance chairman told
Casey, “I think we ought to cut
back on the spraying because
of a shortage of money” and
Casey then told Hackworth,
“There is no shortage of
mosquitoes and we need to
continue the program.”
Council voted to continue
the program.
City Council Ponders Decisions
under the new program tor 35
children. He noted that these
children are mostly kept
during the day so that mothers
now on the welfare roles can
Symbol Os Excellence
Kellwood To Receive
Top Award From Sears
Employees and
management of the Kellwood
Company, Georgia Decor
Division, Perry Plant will be
honored Wednesday, June 26,
by Sears Roebuck and
Company. The Perry Plant
makes quilted bedspreads and
draperies for Sears,
David Chapman, Perry
Plant Manager, stated that
R.E. Williams of Chicago, a
Sears national buyer, will
present the Sears "Symbol of
Excellence” plaque during a
luncheon held at the plant. The
plaque will be accepted by
Mrs. Virginia Childree on
behalf of the entire Perry
Plant.
The award is one of 481 that
Sears will present this year to
suppliers judged most out
standing among its 12,000
major merchandising sour
ces. The Perry Plant also
received the award in 1968,
1972, and 1973.
This award is based
primarily on the excellence of
merchandise produced by
Kellwood for Sears during the
past year. It also recognizes
the general excellence of
Perry’s performance in such
matters as shipping goods on
schedule, and initiative in
developing new and improved
merchandise.
The award is Sears salute to
those suppliers who have,
through their excellence,
made great contributions to
pages of this edition of your Home Journal. In top
photo, from left, Councilmen D.K. (Dot)
Houghton', Gordon Scarborough, Jr., H.H. (Hack)
Hackworth and Mayor James McKinley. In
bottom photo, from left, are Councilmen H.E.
(Gene) Smith, Henry Casey and Alton Hardy.
work. He said the center will
provide a “needed” service to
Perry and that it is something
"sorely” needed in the area.
Mayor James McKinley told
the Sears reputation for
quality merchandise. It also
recognizes the contribution of
Reese Named
To Savings Post
J. Malcolm Reese, Security
Federal Savings and Loan
Association, Perry, Georgia,
has been appointed to the 1974
Legislative Committee of the
United States League of
Savings Associations. The
appointment was announced
by George B. Preston of West
Palm Beach, Florida,
president of the League.
The United States League,
major trade association for
the savings and loan business,
numbers among its mem
bership more than 4,600
savings and loan associations
which represent 98 percent of
the assets of the business.
League committees are
appointed by the president in
conjunction with the
Executive Committee. Some
committees are concerned
only with policy in fields such
as legislation and federal
regulations, while others are
Page Council would study his
proposal and give the local
group an answer one way or
the other at the next Council
meeting on June 18.
each employee for his con
tribution to the superior
performance of the plant.
concerned with operating
procedures.
The Legislative Committee
is one of the most important
committees of the U.S.
League. It is responsible for
developing the year’s
legislative program for the
savings and loan business.
. a* V
--frari i
Malcolm Reese