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limits was severely damaged by marble-sized
hail, wind and rain last Friday afternoon. Almost
five inches of precipitation cascaded upon the
south Houston farms, causing Soil Conservation
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SATURDAY
Battered Elko Cornfield
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agent Drew Bynum to remark that the torrential
downpour was one of the worst in the last 25 years.
Cotton, corn, and squash in the Elko-Henderson
areas were expecially hard hit by the rains and
hail.
Ga. Power
To Build
In Perry?
Richard MacDonald, area
engineer with Georgia Power
Company, told Perry City
Council last Tuesday night his
company plans to construct a
$350,000 warehouse in Perry,
on the Kings Chapel Road.
He said the warehouse will
he used to store equipment for
use in the Middle Georgia
area. He said the new facility
is needed because of the
growing Houston and Middle
Georgia area served by
Georgia Power Co.
He said when the new
facility is completed that ten
new families will be moved to
Perry to operate the
warehouse.
MacDonald asked Council to
re-zone the property so that
the warehouse would meet all
city requirements and he also
requested that the city run
water and sewage lines to the
site. He also pointed out that
about one-third of the property
lies outside the city.
Council will discuss the
annexing of the property at
the next meeting and the in
stallation of the water and
sewage lines.
Mayor James McKinley
stated, “Georgia Power is one
ot our best citizens and the
new tax revenue generated by
the warehouse will help the
city so we should annex all this
property into the city and
work with the power company
officials as close as we can.
We stand ready to assist
Georgia Power any way we
can."
Summer
Festival
Set Here
The youth and children are
planning a “Summer
Festival" June 29 at the Perry
United Methodist Church. The
doors of the Fellowship Hall
will open at 9:30 A M. that
Saturday morning for a day of
tun for everyone.
There will be food galore,
delectable to everv taste; hot
dogs and cokes, popcorn,
cotton candy, and cakes, pies,
cookies and candy from the
kitchens of the best cooks in
town A Spaghetti Supper wifi
be served from 7 to 8 PM
Crafts made by the la
dies and Bible School crafts
made by the children will be
displayed and sold These
items have been created from
bits and pieces of this and that
by the ingenious “craft
women" of the church. A
White Elephant Sale will be of
interest to many people.
Plan now to attend the
SUMMER FESTIVAL at the
Perry United Methodist
Church. June 29
Five Inches Hits South Houston
Friday Rains Pelt Area
Farms; Heavy Damage
An intense thunderstorm
lashed south Houston County
Friday afternoon, cascading
the area with five inches of
rain, and hail as big as
marbles. Extensive crop
damage was reported in the
Elko and Henderson com
munities, as the wind-driven
storm pelted farms for more
than 45 minutes.
Area Soil Conservation
Service agent Drew Bynum
called the outpouring of
precipitation “A 25-year
Irequency flood”. By that he
meant that rain of such force
as that of Friday occurs only
every 25 years. Bynum said
(hat fields protected by sound
conservation practices “came
out okay” but that fields not
terraced or with no waterways
“were severely eroded”,
A 200 acre field of cotton was
heavily damaged by hail, and
extensive damage was done to
corn and squash. Damage
occurred all over Middle
Georgia, but Houston crops
appeared to be the hardest hit.
Houston County Extension
Service Chairman Emmett
Whelchel spent a great deal of
time Monday surveying the
situation and assessing crop
damage. He said that some
fields contain “water
pockets” that could inundate
crops if it did not drain.
“Our farmers could be in for
a really hard time if we get
another rain like Friday’s and
Monday’s anytime within the
next few days. We've already
got some problems.”
Whelchel said that this year
was one of the most “trying
years” in history for Houston
farmers. He mentioned the
terrible setback the peach
growers are experiencing
because of the very mild
winter where temperatures
never got cold enough to allow
proper germination of the
peaches. “Crops are about 20
percent of what they were last
year,” lie noted.
Houston County has over
:15,(K)() acres of cotton, corn,
soybeans and wheat planted
this year. Whelchel said that
“most” farmers were ahead
of schedule in planting and
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“already had their crops in
the ground”.
The Friday thunderstorm
affected Perry too as several
residential areas including
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parts of Camelot Subdivision
reported yards being flooded
with water seeking lower
ground. In Warner Robins a
Sunday night storm damaged
several streets, Robins Mayor
Ed Bryant said that damage
estimates were only “con
jecture” but were expected to
“run pretty high”.