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The Houston Home Journal
VOL. 104 NO. 26
Asks Commissioners For 3 New Men
Sheriff Seeks
Perry Deputies
Declaring Monday night
“(hat there exists a need for
this in the Perry area”,
Houston County Sheriff Cullen
Talton presented to the county
commissioners his 1974-75
budget request, which in
cludes a request for three
additional men to work ex
clusively out of the Perry
sheriff’s office. But Talton's
Perry ideas ran into trouble
from (he commissioners,
Parking , Utility Lines , Sidewalks
Downtown Group
Sets Forth Plans
The executive committee of
the Perry Re-development
Commission met Monday and
made recommendations on a
r»> |iber of projects involved in
trfe revitalization program of
the central business district of
Perry.
W.G. Mullins, chairman of
the commission, emphasized
that the group is working
closely with the Mayor and
City Council on all long range
plans and recommendations.
The Perry Re-development
Commission is a group of
Perry businessmen and
women and downtown area
property owners who
organized last year to
establish a program of
revitalization for the central
business district. The Com
mission, working with the
Now Through August 30
Pabst Opens For Public Tours
The Pabst Brewing Com
pany has announced that it
will be offering public tours of
its newest brewery, located at
Pabst. Georgia, in Houston
County, from June 24 through
August 30, 1974. Tours will be
The 17 Acre Pabst Brewery
Perry And Houston County’s Independent Newspaper With An Independent Voice
several of whom charac
terized the sheriff’s action as
being designed tor political
reasons.
Talton’s budget called for
two uniformed deputies and
one investigator to be
stationed at the Perry office.
A cover sheet explaining the
request staled, “We feel that it
is mandatory to have a staff of
three men to work exclusively
out of the Perry office.”
City, Chamber of Commerce
and the University of Georgia
School of Business, has con
ducted a consumer survey of
(he altitudes and needs for
downtown and has sponsored
eight seminars on the results
of the surveys to help retail
merchants plan for the future.
The Commission recom
mended for action at their
Monday meeting to the City
that all utility lines in the
downtown area be placed
underground. They also
recommended all traffic lights
at each corner and associated
wdring be removed from the
present locations and placed
on poles at each corner. They
further recommended that all
sidewalks in the downtown
area be converted to brick or
“cobblestone” sidewalks.
held hourly, beginning at 10
A.M. with the last tour star
ting at 5 P.M.
Tours will not be offered
Saturdays, Sundays, or
holidays. There is no
minimum number of persons
PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURS., JUNE 27, 1974
Several persons in Perry
have raised legal questions
over the Sheriff’s department
not having a full-time man
stationed at the county
courthouse, which is ac
cording to law supposed to be
(he scene of the sheriff’s main
office. But County Com
mission Chairman Frank
Rozar (of Perry) countered by
telling Talton, “If a man is
patrolling in this area
Mullins said the emphasis of
the Commission now is to
study (he parking and traffic
flow in the downtown business
district and to study the need
for a truck route to relieve
congestion in the downtown
area. He also pointed out the
group has discussed angle
parking and making some of
the streets in the area one
way. He also said the group
was looking into the possibility
of obtaining some off street
parking.
The executive committee is
comprised of chairman W.G.
Mullins, Lewis Meeks, Don
Parkinson, Dudley Jones,
Wendell Whipple, Rep. Larry
Walker, Tom Daniel, Louis
iSmokey) Harper, Billy
Bledsoe, Bill Wallace and Bill
Overton.
necessary for a tour, and
group and bus tours are
welcome, although the
company requests that large
groups make advance
reservations. Children must
be accompanied by a parent.
anyway, and one could pick up
the phone and call the sheriff’s
office, he should be able to
answer calls. If they put three
deputies in the courthouse, it
won ! improve the service that
much.”
Commissioner Alton Tucker
said that the county could save
by simply stationing another
patrol car in the southern end
of the county “on the road”
instead of at the Perry office.
But County Attorney Walker
Burke reminded the Com
missioners that this
arrangement would cost as
much as the sheriff’s idea
"because three men would be
needed (three eight-hour
shifts per day).”
Sheriff Tallon also ex
plained to the county com
missioners that at certain
times of the day his entire
force had to be pulled from its
normal duties in order to
supervise traffic at Robins Air
Force Base on Highway 247.
“Due to the limited manpower
which we possess, at three
different limes of the day, we
must utilize all our deputies to
work traffic at RAFB,” he
stated.
The three times when
normal patrolling is stopped
are; from 7:00 to 8:15 each
morning; from 12:00-1:15 at
noon; and from 4:00 to 5:30
each afternoon. Talton
mentioned that the base police
formerly worked the traffic,
but “for some reason stopped
that several months ago.” He
agreed that during those times
his force was severely
hamstrung by the additional
responsibilities.
Contrary to a report in a
daily newspaper, which
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Tour guides will escort
visitors through the plant and
explain the brewing process
from its beginning to the
finished product. The plant
was designed with enclosed
overhead walkways so that
Mrs. Virginia Childree, a sixteen year employee
of the Kellwood Company’s Georgia Decor Plant
in Perry, accepts the Sears “Symbol of Ex
cellence” award from Sears Buyer R.E. (Dick)
Williams of Chicago. Looking on at left is
Kellwood Personnel Manager Chris Martin and at
Bloodworth Suggests
County Jail Razing To
Aid Downtown Parking?
The downtown revitalization
program may be getting
assistance from the Houston
County Commissioners, if a
proposed plan is finalized. The
Commission took under
consideration a plan outlined
that would create a parking lot
in the area where the present
county jail stands on Carroll
Street. If implemented, this
would greatly increase
downtown parking facilities.
Ferry farmer (and former
County Commissioner)
Stewart Bloodworth, along
guests may see the production
areas in comfort and safety.
Tours will be concluded in
Ihe brewery’s Guest Center
where visitors will be served
refreshments. The Guest
Center was built to resemble a
German beer hall with its
dark oak beams, floors, tables
and chairs. The Guest Center
was patterned after the one in
the company’s headquarters
in Milwaukee, Wisconsin,
The Fabst Georgia brewery
is one of the newest and most
modern breweries in the
world. The plant began
brewing operations in 1970,
but because of continued
construction to expand
capacity, it has not previously
been open for public tours.
The plant presently has a
brewing capacity of 4.5 million
barrels of beer annually.
The plant is located east of
Perry, Georgia, and is easily
reached by taking 1-75 to
Perry and then following U.S.
341 east of town loGa. 247 Spur
and the brewery site. Motels
and business places in Perry
will have information
brochures and maps ex
plaining how to reach the
plant.
Kellwood Gets Sears Award
with Fred Langston and
James Taunton, appeared
before the county board at
Monday night’s meeting in
Perry to ask Ihe status of Ihe
A.S.C.S. offices on Jernigan
Street. The A.S.C.S.
I Agricultural Stabilization
and Conservation Service) is a
federal agency which lends
assistance to farmers in
Houston County. Taunton is
the Houston representative.
In the ensuing conversation,
Bloodworth outlined three
choices that the com
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Bloodworth
Holds
Commission
Attention
right is Kellwood Division Manager William
Rhodarmer. Mrs. Childree accepted the award on
behalf of the more than 500 Kellwood employees
here. Kellwood was one of only 481 manufacturers
of Sears products out of 12,000 that qualified for
the award for the quality of merchandise and
service displayed by the employees here.
missioners had in seeking
office space lor the A.S.C.S.
and S.C.S. (Soil Conservation
Service) offices currently
located in the Jernigan
Building. The 1973-74
“National Farmer of the
Year” told the commissioners
they could (l) renew the lease
al llicir present site; (2) Buy
Ihe Jernigan Building, or (3)
relocate to the County
Agricultural Building by
adding on to I hat structure.
Langston said that the lease
comes up lor renewal on
Perry farmer Stewart Bloodworth (standing)
explains a recommended plan he and two other
A.S.C.S. representatives presented Monday night
to the County Commission. Bloodworth, a former
commissioner himself, proposed possibly
enlarging the current A.S.C.S. quarters in Perry,
and noted that there was a chance that A.S.C.S.
offices would be combined, with' Perry possibly
becoming an area office site. Seated, left to right
are: Commissioner Frank Rozar, Commissioner
V.W. McF.ver (back to camera), and Com
mission,: r Alton Tucker. Included in the
discussio n was possible use of the current county
jail site on Carroll Street as a parking area.
March I, 1975. He said that the
county had an option to renew
for live more years.
County Commission
Chairman Frank Rozar of
Ferry interjected, “About
three months ago we were told
the lease would expire in
March of next year. On the
basis we’ve been renting over
there, it costs us $21,000 for
five years. Now we’ve
discussed, and have under
consideration, adding on to the
County Agricultural Building,
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