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Olson Appears Before Board
County Attempts
To Settle Court
Warner Robins professional
photographer Virgil Olson met
Tuesday night in Robins with
the Houston County Com
mission in an attempt to work
out an arrangement whereby
the county would not have to
move from its present State
Court offices on Manor Drive
in downtown Warner Robins.
On September 11, Olson
purchased the building from
the Church of Christ, and told
the County that he wished to
lake possession on May 1,
1975.
In a letter to the com
missioners dated September
19, Olson wrote the Com
mission advising them he had
purchased the building. He
said, "... Future rent
payments should he made to
Virgil 0150 n... As you know,
the rent you are now paying
lor this properly is not suf
ficient to make a proper
return on my investment;
therefore, it is necessary for
me to increase the rent for this
property to $500.0(1 per month,
effective December 1, 1974.’’
Tuggle Offers Schools
New Insurance Program
Bobby Tuggle of Tuggle and
Jennings Insurance of Perry
Tuesday morning appeared
before the Houston County
Board of Education at their
regular monthly meeting in
Perry to offer them a new
properly insurance plan that
he said would save the board
Community
Cakuda/i
Newcomers Club of Perry will hold their
regular monthly meeting on Oct. 10 this month
instead of on the first Thursday as usual. The
speaker will be Mr. A.J. Bennett of Red and White
food store who will be talking on the subject of
“What to look for in buying meats”. Mr. Bennett
will give us tips on meat buying that may save us
money and also give us better meats than we are
accustomed to.
The meeting will begin at 8 P.M. at St.
Christopher’s Episcopal Church on Highway 41.
All women of the community are invited to attend,
particularly those who are new to Perry.
Making Perry Beautiful
Three members of the Perry Beautification
Commission put the final (ouches on their most
recent project, a sign in front of the new Perry
water treatment plant on Woodlawn Drive, ad
jacent to the Perry Drive-In. From left are Mrs.
Louis Harper. Mrs. Francis Nunn and Mrs.
Marion Brown. Perry welder Grant Heller
4.
Olson’s letter continued,
“The lease for my Studio
expires June 18, 1975. I would
like to take possession of the
State Court building May 1,
1975, in order to make the
building improvements
necessary before moving my
Studio.”
It closed, “This date may be
negotiable but my lease will
only be extended with a very
substantial increase in rent;
therefore, I need the building
if at all possible.”
Olson's present studio is at
1758 Watson Boulevard in
St an tom Plaza. His studio is
leased from Mike Sugrue and
a six year lease expires on
June 18 of next year.
Olson Tuesday night told the
commissioners. “I had been
looking at the building for
quite a while. It would be an
ideal studio. Your lease is
expired, and you’re operating
on a verbal agreement, on a
month 10-month basis, with 90
days notice.”
Commissioner Alton Tucker
asked Olson, “Is there any
several thousand dollars.
The program outlined by
Tuggle, through Insurance
Company of North America
(INA) oilers free appraisal
service of the school system’s
buildings; an engineering and
safety program; and a
dividend plan. The dividend
way we can negotiate to stay
in the building past May 1?”
Olson replied, “My studio’s
rent hasn!t been raised in six
years. The SSOO fee is con
tingent on depreciation, in
lerest which totals about S4OO
If I have to pay Sugrue an
increase, I may have to in
crease the rent again as of
that dale."
Commissioner Charles
Carter inquired, "Are we
talking about a 30, or a six
month lease?”
Olson answered, “If I can
lease for a year (from
Sugrue), I’ll extend your lease
for a year.”
Commission Chairman
Frank Rozar said, “The only
lease that would do us any
good would be one contingent
upon the completion of the
new court building. Otherwise
we’d be facing the same
problem we are now a little
later."
Commissioner Steve Byrd
reminded, “And we’re talking
plan last year would have
remitted to the school system
13.9 percent of the annual
premium. Tuggle and INA
representative Bill Peery
estimated a twenty (20)
percent dividend this year.
The school board observed
that the anniversary date of
Ihe properly insurance is
near, on November 1. Tuggle
said he could write an 11-
monlh plan that would alter
the anniversary date to Oc
lober 1 beginning next year.
He said that pooling of risks
with other Georgia school
boards enabled INA to make
the dividend offer.
INA is supposedly the only
company in the United States
that offers a dividend plan on
school property insurance
The coverage is on lire, theft,
and liability.
The school board promised
to consider (he plan and were
obviously impressed with the
proposed benefits. Tuggle
explained that if the board
went lo a $l,l)00 deductible
policy, the policy could have
saved them about $5,000 last
year under the INA plan.
donated the Yucah plants shown here and iron
work used to make the sign. Sam Kirkpatrick.
owner of the Allied Sign Co. in Perry, donated the
lettering for the iron sign. Both men donated their
time in assisting the Beautification Commission in
(his project.
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about a minimum of two years
(construction time) after it
gets started.” The county
plans to move offices now
housed at the Thomas
Boulevard building into a $1.4
million dollar Stale Court
complex at the southwestern
lip of the city of Warner
Robins. Architect Henry
Corsini drew up plans for the
building, which if built is
scheduled to house County
Sheriff’s offices. Juvenile
offices, and the State Court
offices.
A legal suit filed by five
Perryans against the County
Commission, Sheriff, and
Stale Court Judge (Paul
Armitage) may be imperiling
any contemplated plans to
construct the building. Bids
(or construction have not been
ordered, despite Corsini
having brought final
preliminary drawings before
the five man board of county
commissioners.
Commissioner Byrd (old the
group, “The first thing we
need to do is tie down the other
proposal (for Olson to stay in
Stantom Plaza) at your
earliest convenience. You
think you could let us know by
January 1, 1975?”
Olson replied, “At least by
March of next year.”
Commissioner Tucker
moved to accept Olson’S in
crease of building rent to SSOO
beginning December 1, and to
start negotiations “for a
longer period of time”. He was
seconded by Charles Carter.
The vole was without dissent.
Not present for the meeting
was Commissioner V.W.
McEver,
Perry Methodists
Laity Day Sunday
Dr. Walter Martin,
President of Valdosta Slate
College, will speak at both the
Nine and Eleven O’clock
morning services at Perry
United Methodist Church this
Sunday, October 13. In making
the announcement, Pastor
Elick S. Bullington said, "We
feel honored to have this
distinguished Christian
layman as our Laity Day
Speaker. He is a great church
man, presently serving as
President of South Georgia
New Hospital Authority
The Houston County Hospital Authority is
pictured above, prior to a meeting Monday night
in Warner Robins. Seated, left to right, are: Don
Parkinson of Perry, Chairman Sherrill Stafford of
Centerville, Mrs. Eleanor Granum of Warner
Robins, and Glynn Greenway of Warner Robins.
Perryans Head Committees
Hospital Authority
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“Down To Business”
New Houston County
Hospital Authority Chairman
Sherrill Stafford of Centerville
Monday night made com
mittee assignments to the
Authority members, at the
same time setting up lour new
committees in an effort to
better meet the hospitals’
needs. The chairman stated,
“We of necessity have to be a
working group. I’ll depend on
each person's contributions.’’
The committee ap
pointments were made ef
fectively as of Monday
through February 26 of next
Conference Methodist Men.”
In the educational field, Dr.
Martin was Professor of
History and Dean at the
University of Georgia for 22
years. President of Emory
University for 5 years, Vice
Chancellor of the University
System of Georgia for 4 years,
and President of VSC since
1966.
Now a member at First
United Methodist Church,
Valdosta, Dr. Martin has
served in every leadership
position in the local church.
He has also been District Lay
Leader, Associate Conference
Lay Leader, and elected
delegate to Jurisdictional and
General Conference several
times.
Dr. Martin is past president
of Valdosta Hotary Club and a
member of the Board of
Directors of the Valdosta-
Lowndes County Chamber of
Commerce. He and Mrs.
Martin have two grown
children, both married, one
living in Atlanta and one in
Homerville, Georgia.
Dr. Martin
year, when some members’
terms expire. Only eight of the
nine Authority members were
present at the meeting in
Warner Robins, black ap
pliance representative
Preston Porter not yet ac
cepting the appointment to
replace Freeman Colbert.
New chairman of the
Personnel committee is
Warner Robins bank
executive Barry Jones.
Serving with him are Mrs.
Eleanor Granum, a registered
nurse and housewife; and
Perry insurance executive
Don Parkinson.
New Finance committee
chairman is Perry industry
comptroller Jim Dooley.
Serving with him are Jones
and Parkinson.
Serving as liaison between
the Authority and the two
hospitals’ medical staffs will
be: in Perry - Jim Dooley, and
in Warner Robins, Glynn
Greenway.
Stafford enlarged a former
Equipment committee to
include Building Main
tenance, Planning and Pur
chasing. He and Vice-
Chairman Billy Beckham
selected Don Parkinson to
chair the committee. Mem
bers of the committee are
RAFB employee John Lovejoy
and Warner Robins insurance
executive Glynn Greenway.
One new committee set up
by Stafford was a Public
Relations committee. Stafford
named Billy Beckham and
himself to the committee.
Mrs. Granum was selected
by Stafford and Beckham to
head up a new committee,
Patient Care and Auxiliary
Services. Stafford noted that
he wanted Mrs. Granum to
make periodic checks with
patients, and “give a personal
touch’’ to the hospitals’ ser
vices. In addition, Mrs.
Granum will review
questionnaires from patients
and become familiar with day
to-day operations.
Another new' committee is
the Emergency Room -
Ambulance Services com
mittee and serving as the sole
member will be Lovejoy.
Stafford observed, “These two
areas have been perennial
subjects of discussion.
Become real familiar with
their operation - methods of
billing, methods of service,
and soon. We need to examine
the ambulance service to see
if it can be operated any more
cheaply.”
A two-man committee
chaired by Glynn Greenway
was named to oversee the
complex s Contract Services.
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Standing, left to right, are: Jim Dooley of Perry,
John Lovejoy of Warner Robins, Vice-Chairman,
Billy Beckham of Perry, and Barry Jones of
Warner Robins. Not pictured is Preston Porter,
who has not yet accepted appointment. The board
held an organizational meeting Monday night.
Barry Jones will serve with
Greenway. Stafford men
tioned several services now
being handled on a con
tractual basis with persons
outside the medical staff.
They include: Radiology,
Physical Therapy, the
Medical Laboratory,
Emergency Room doctors, TV
services, and Patient Tran
sfers to other hospitals.
The new chairman of the
Authority made comments
about each committee. He
noted that the Finance board
should immediately note the
need for a budget for the
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Rites Held....
Houston County Farm Bureau
for five years, Mr. Muse was a
present director of the bureau.
Active in the Georgia Farm
Bureau, his service included
chairman of the Fruit and
Vegetable Committee and also
chairman of the Farmer
Retailer Marketing com
mittee. He also served on the
Farm Advisory Committee on
Labor and was the Georgia
representative on this U.S.
Committee. For his work in
this capacity, he was given a
citation by the U.S. Depart
ment of Labor.
During the World War II
period, Mr. Muse served on
the Rationing Board and was
chairman during the last year
of its operation.
Mr. Muse was also director
of The Bank of Perry and a
former chairman of the
Houston County Republican
Party. He was a Mason and
had received his 25 year pin.
PERSONAL TRIBUTE
With a wonderful heritage
from his high-type parents,
Paschal Muse was a man of
energy and determination who
was blessed with practical
sense and farsighted vision
which gave him the ability to
solve problems.
However, there was an
esthetic side to his character
and a hospitable nature which
made him a genial host in his
home where he and his
devoted wife delighted in
entertaining their friends. His
interest in horticulture
resulted in membership in the
American Camellia Society in
which he was a one-time
director.
Respected for his integrity
and loyalty and known to have
courage of his convictions.
Paschal Muse was recognized
complex. He suggested they
meet at least once monthly.
Concerning the Building
Maintenance, Planning and
Purchasing committee,
Stafford suggested that the
members needed to tak£
action to correct a situation
existing in one of the new
wing’s halls at Warner Robins
Hospital. The hospital dining
area is separated from a busy
hall (through which sick
patients are wheeled) only by
an artistic partition. Stafford
suggested that a more
obstructing partition of sori M
sort be constructed.
as an able leader in church
and community affairs as well
as in political, fraternal, and
agricultural groups.
Such a high caliber citizen
will be remembered with
appreciation for years to
come.
OUT-OF-TOWN
RELATIVES
Among the out-of-town
relatives and friends at
tending the funeral were the
following: Mr. and Mrs, Roy
W. Pitts, Mr. and Mrs. W4|"
Pitts, Jr., Misses Marilou and
Elsie Pitts, Mrs, Jimmie
Fowler, Mr. and Mrs. W.Q.
Torbett and Dale Torbett, all
of Lithia Springs, Ga.; Knox
A. Griffin, Mr. and Mrs.
Albert Muse, and Mr. and
Mrs. Dan H. Muse, all of
Atlanta; Mr. and Mrs. James
S. Webb and son, Jimmy, of
Cleveland, Tenn.
Vernon Wallace, Charles W.
Parker, Mr. and Mrs. Cub
bedge Snow, Sr., Mr. and Mrs.
Thomas Shealy and children,
Sandy, Tommy and Sara Ann
Shealy; Mr. and Mrs. Wallace
Hogan, Roger E. Hodges and
Ralph Eubanks, all of Macon.;
Jim Culler of Marshallville;
Mrs, Walter V. McCarson
Mrs. J.W. Murphy, Dr. Earl
Beatty, Jr., and Wallace
Freshwater, all of Fort
Valley.
Mrs. James D. Shannon,
Mrs. C.B. Wall, Mr. and M#
Jim Bowman and son, Jimmy,
and Mrs. R E, Methvin, all of
Jeffersonville; Robert Per
sons, Jr., of Forsyth.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas E.
Glover, Jr., Bill Speirs, Mrs.
Freeda Smith, Mr. and Mrs.
Bill Sawyer, Mr. and Mrs. Ted
Waddle, and Tony Robbins, all
of Warner Robins.