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Mayor James McKinley and City Clerk Mrs.
Ruth Bunting prepare a box in City Hall to be used
,||r food and clothing donations for the Red Cross
Honduras Relief Fund. More than 5,000 Hon
durans were left dead in the wake of last week’s
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Grossed Over sls Million
1973 Good Year For
Houston County Farms
For Houston County farmers, 1973 was the most
successful year they have had in a long time,
#cording to the final tabulations, just released.
For many of them it was the most prosperous
year they ever had. It compared favorably with
farm and ranch results in many sections of the
country.
Following as it did upon a relatively good 1972, it
enabled the farm community to recover
somewhat from a number of lean years. With
their operations well in the black, they were able
to reduce their debt load and to purchase some
needed new equipment.
Although gross receipts reached a record level,
so did operating expenses as inflation sent farm
costs soaring. However, the gap was sufficient to
produce a new high in net income.
The findings are based upon a national survey
released by the Standard Rate and Data Service
and upon reports from the Department of
Agriculture and others.
In Houston County, SRDS reports, farm receipts
Miounted to $15,308,000.
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Atkinson
Services lor Mrs. Sandra
Atkinson, 23, who died Mon
day, will be held at 3 P.M,
Saturday in the Hayneville
Baptist Church. Burial will be
in the church cemetery.
Mrs. Atkinson, a native of
Houston County, attended the
Houston County public schools
and the Vocational School in
Columbus. She was an em
ployee of Kellwood Co.
Survivors include her
husn'and, Ernest Atkinson of
Ferry; a son, Cory Scott of
Ferry; her parents, Mr. and
Policy for the Church Home
For the Aged
It is the policy of the Church
Home for the Aged to admit
and to treat all patients
without regard to race, color,
or national origin. The same
requirements for admission
are applied to all, and patients
are assigned within the home
without regard to color, race,
or national origin. There is no
distinction in eligibility for, or
in the manner of providing,
any patient service provided
by or through the nursing
home. All facilities of the
nursing home are available
without distinction to all
patients and visitors regar
dless of race, color, or
national origin. All persons
an*)rganizations having oc
casion either to refer patients
for admission or to recom
mend the Church Home for the
Aged are advised to do so
without regard to the patient s
race, color or national origin.
October 1,1967
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City Helps Disaster Victims
Mrs. Raymond Scott of
Hawkinsville; nine brothers,
Roy Scott of New Orleans, La.,
Ernest Scott of Cochran,
Raymond Scott, Jr., Alvin
Scott. Michael Scott, Wayne
Scott and Jeffery Scott, all of
Hawkinsville, Lindsey Scott of
the U S. Army, Cecil Scott of
Atlanta; lour sisters, Mrs.
Geraldine Davis of Hen
derson. Mrs. Linda Whiters of
Hawkinsville. Miss Ethel
Scott and Miss Angela Scott,
both ol Hawkinsville.
The body will be placed in
the church at noon Saturday.
The family will be at the
residence of Raymond Scott in
Hayneville.
Glover's Mortuary has
charge of arrangements.
Morrow
Mrs. Mary Munford
Morrow, 62, of 1320 Davis
Ave., died Friday in a local
hospital after a long illness.
Funeral services were held
Monday, Sept. 23, at 11 A M, in
the chapel of Watson-Hunt
Funeral Home, Interment was
in Perry Memorial Gardens.
Rev. J.J. Morrow and Rev.
Doug Boss officiated,
Mrs. Morrow, a native of
Ohio, had lived in Perry for 22
years. She was a homemaker
and a member of the Christian
Church.
Survivors include two
daughters, Mrs. Horace E.
Flournoy and Mrs. Walter L.
King, both of Perry; three
sons, Jerry Morrow of
Reynolds, Raymond P.
Morrow of Lake City, Fla.,
and Richard L. Morrow of Ft.
Wayne, Ind.; a sister, Mrs.
Lois Jackson of Sidney, Ohio;
a brother, Hubert Munford of
hurricane Fifi and tens of thousands left
homeless. The city is cooperating with other
Middle Georgia cities to offer aid to the homeless.
Anyone with donations can leave them in the box
in the lobby of the Perry City Hall.
The figure represents gross receipts, before any
allowances for taxes, supplies, labor costs,
equipment and other operating expenses.
Included are the overall receipts from the sale
of farm products, together with government
payments and the value of the home-grown foods
consumed on the farm.
Os the total amount received locally from the
sale of farm products, approximately 63 percent
came from crops and 37 percent from marketings
of livestock, poultry and dairy items, according to
the latest figures from the Department of
Agriculture.
, in
This year’s upswing is attributed to a com
bination of favorable circumstances. One of them
was the good weather conditions that prevailed
throughout most of the year, in contrast to what
has been happening this year. That was a prime
factor in the bumper crops that were obtained.
Another was the big surge in farm exports,
stemming from the worldwide shortage, which led
to a significant boost in prices.
Troy, Ohio; and 14 grand
children.
Pallbearers were John
Watts, E.L. Holten, Forrest
Purdom, Harry Rapp, Ernest
Carter, and Carl Fountain.
Long
Mrs. Willie Mae Hart Long,
79, died Wednesday at her
residence after a long illness.
Funeral arrangements were
by Crest Lawn Funeral Home
of Macon.
Mrs, Long, a native of
Legion Ladies
To Sell Poppies
The American Legion
Auxiliary met Thursday, Sept,
19, for the lirst Fall meeting at
Ihe home of Mrs. C.E. Stiven.
Filieen members and two
guests were present, Mrs.
L.W. Smith, past department
president and Mrs. Marion
Alston. Everyone enjoyed a
delicious covered dish lun
cheon.
The meeting was called to
order by the president, Mrs.
H.S. Kezar. who led the group
in Ihe Pledge of Allegiance to
the Hag. Mrs. Norine Jones.
Chaplain, gave the devotional.
Mrs. Kezar announced she
had l>een given yarn to knit or
crochet more lap robes for
wheel chair patients at the
Dublin Veterans Hospital
Plans were made lor a work
day to be held in the
recreation room at the New
Perry Hotel, as Ihe regular
meeting, October 17th, lun
cheon will be served in the
hotel dining room
Motion was made and
passed to purchase 1,000
poppies to be sold November
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There was no further
Florida, had lived in Perry for
nine months, moving from
Macon where she had lived for
55 years. She was an employee
of the Naval Ordinance Plant
and Happ Brothers before her
retirement and was a Baptist,
Survivors include three
daughters, Mrs. Idalele
Howard of Perry, Mrs.
Laurene Burdeshaw of Byron
and Mrs. Mary Buttolph of
Macon; a son, Leslie Mewborn
of Oakland, Calif.; 11 step
children, 13 grandchildren and
several great grandchildren.
business and the meeting was
adjourned.
Wheat Crop
Insurance
Available
Federal Crop Insurance
Corporation states that all
risk insurance on w heat is now
being offered for the first time
in Houston County along with
the present insurance
program on peanuts, soybeans
and peaches. Hayes says that
any interested grower of any
of the above crops should
contact the Federal Crop
Insurance Office in Adel, Ga.
31620. at the Post Office
Building, 896-3872, or Jerry
Pratt at Byron, Ga. 31005, 953-
3571.
Hayes further stated that
the deadline lor filing ap
plications is November 15 and
I hat it is not necessary to state
a 1 inn acreage to be planted at
the time the application is
made
More Parking Seen
In Downtown Perry
The downtown area of Perry
may soon be receiving about a
hundred additional parking
spaces, if positions
materialize according to
prediction. Perry Mayor
James McKinley Tuesday
night discussed the situation
with the Houston County
Commission and came away
successful in persuading the
Commission to help obtain
more parking spaces.
McKinley's first proposal
concerned the old County Jail
site on Carroll Street which
will soon be razed. The
Commission had already
made plans to set up a public
parking lot on the site,
primarily for use by County
Agricultural Building em
ployees.
McKinley asked the Com
mission to include in their
paving plans an additional
plot of land situated between
the Jail site and the rear
entrance of Sinyard’s, Inc.
The plot is owned by the
Masonic Lodge, who have no
objection to the lot being
paved provided they retain
ownership. The additional
area is thirty CIO) feet wide.
If the addition proposed by
McKinley is made, a total of
Perry High School
Receives Annual
Beltista Award
Perry High School was the
recent recipient of the Beltista
Club’s award of $300.00. This
award was presented to
Principal, M.J. Marchman, by
the former treasurer, Mrs.
Stewart Blood worth. The fund
was established two years ago
by the Beltista Club. The
piirpose of the award was to
give financial aid and
assistance to the literary
endeavors of Perry High
School.
The fund will supply aid in
purchasing scripts and props
for the One Act Play as well as
necessary Royalty payments.
Materials for other literary
activities will also be pur
chased.
Other areas which compete
on the regional levels are:
Oral interpretation, Home
Economics, Typing, Shor
thand, Girl’s Solo, Boy’s Solo,
Piano, Essay, Spelling, and
Extemporaneous Speaking.
Last year Perry High School
won second place in the
Region 2AA One Act Play
competition held at Middle
Georgia College in Cochran.
Kathy George was selected as
best actress for the second
consecutive year.
The students, faculty, and
the administration would like
to publically thank the
members of the Beltista Club
for continuing to support them
in this manner.
Perry Pink Ladies were in attendance at the
special meeting Monday night in Warner Robins
that eventually saw six Hospital Authority
members tender resignations. Left to right are:
Mrs. Hugh Beatty, Perry Hospital Food Service
fifty-six (56) parking spaces
will be provided on the
resulting paved area. County
Attorney Walker Burke is
scheduled to obtain per
mission to pave the lot and
make necessary legal
arrangements with the
Masons.
The Perry Mayor's second
suggestion was to ask the
County to participate in the
acquisition of an area sixty
Flint Ladies Plan For
Annual FEMC Meeting
The Women of the Perry
Task Force of the Flint
Electric Corporation met
September 6 at the New Perry
Hotel.
Jo Davis presided at the
meeting in the absence of the
president, Ruth Johnson. The
invocation was given by
Thelma O’Hearn, president of
(he Warner Robins Task
Force.
Mr. Moody Mulkey, District
Office Manager of the Perry
office, welcomed the ladies
and recognition was given to
the following: Barbara Parks,
Home Service Advisor of the
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“Rat Hole Close-Up”
See HHJ Story On Front Page Os This Week ’s Edition.
Perry Pink Ladies
HOUSTON HOME JOURNAL THURS., SEPT. J 6, 1974,
feel (60) by one hundred and
twenty feet (120), directly
across Carroll Street from the
Courthouse. On the acreage in
question at the present time is
a former car repair building
and some open land.
McKinley estimated that
fifty (50) spaces could be
obtained on the area, The
Commission was receptive to
the idea, but told McKinley to
have the City of Perry do all
necessary legal “footwork".
Reynolds office; Marianne
Martin, Extension Home
Economist, Houston Co.; Dee
Weems, Extension Home
Economist, Houston Co.; and
Ann Hammock, Extension
Home Economist, Macon Co.
Mildred Dumas gave a
report of the announcement of
the meeting of all the women’s
Task Forces with the Board of
Directors on Sept. 19.
Plans were made for the
annual meeting of the Flint
Electric Corporation which is
to be held October Ifrat 6:00
P.M. A barbeque supper will
be served. The ladies of the
director Mrs. Anna Marie Meens, Mrs. Pansy
Gordon, Mrs. Lorraine Funk, Mrs. Lenora
Houser, and Mrs. Nancy Colder. At right are
Perry Hospital Administrator Max Poole and
Paul Stilwell, hospital controller.
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Condemnation proceedings
may be required, according to
McKinley.
If the land can be obtained,
McKinley assured the Com
mission that he saw no reason
why the City Council would not
“participate” in the purchase
price. McKinley said that the
Downtown Re-Development
Commission was interested in
plans made for additional
parking.
Women’s Task Force will
have displays and demon
strations of arts and crafts.
Those present were: Mrs.
Frank Bledsoe, Mrs. C.E.
Sasser, Mrs. Watson Fisher,
Mrs. Z.T. Houser, Mrs. Hollis
Kezar, Mrs. Felton Walker,
Mrs. Joe Klouda, Mrs,
Richard Talton, Mrs. Roy
Peterson, Mrs. Edrill Tyner,
Mrs. Clarence Davis, Miss
Dee Weems, Miss Marianne
Martin, Mrs. Ann Hammock,
Mrs. Thelma O’Hearn, Mrs.
Mildred Dumas, Mrs, Becky
Gainous, Mrs. Barbara Parks
and Mr. Moody Mulkey.