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The Houston Home Journal
VOL. 104 NO. 43 PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURS., OCTOBER 24, 1974 30 PAGES
Open House Held Tuesday
Medusa Plans $3.6 Million
Expansion At Plant Here
For New Finish Mill
The Board of Directors of
Medusa Corporation Tuesday
approved the expenditure of
$3.6 million dollars for the
purchase and installation of a
new 3,000 horsepower Finish
Mill for the Company’s
modernized and expanded
Clinchfield cement
manufacturing plant located 8
miles south of Perry on High
way 341.
The new Finish Mill will
■f the capacity of the
to 750,000 tons annually.
The project is expected to be
completed by the end of 1976.
Medusa purchased the
Clinchfield Plant from Penn-
j Commissioners
To Fight Hike
In Phone Rates
vV he Houston County
Commission Tuesday night
unanimously passed a
resolution opposing General
| Telephone Company's recent
request for rate increases.
The Commission action came
one week after the Perry City
Council had voted to oppose
rale increases.
The resolution reads:
“Whereas, the citizens of
Houston County served by
General Telephone Company
of the Southeast has the
highest rates in the area; and
Whereas, General
Telephone Company of the
Southeast received a rate
increase last year and is now
asking for an increase of
approximately percent;
and
Whereas, the rate increase
will impose a financial hard
ship on those citizens served
General Telephone
Company of the Southeast.
NOW BE IT RESOLVED,
that the Board of Com
missioners of Houston County
does hereby oppose any rate
increase in the telephone
service provided by General
Telephone Company of the
Southeast and further urge
and request the Georgia
Public Service Commission to
! Time Changes
This Sunday
If you have been wondering when we go off
Daylight Savings Time and begin observing
Standard Time, the date is this Sunday,
Wtober 27.
So, what you do is this. Sunday, get up at 2:00
A.M. and turn your clocks and watches back one
hour. That’s the exact time the change takes
i place, ut your best bet will be to turn your clocks
heck Saturday night when you go to bed. If you
don’t, you’ll be one hour early or late for church.
Sunday morning --- it’s early.
Published Every Thursday At Perry Georgia’s Real Welcome Center
Dixie Industries, Inc. in
December, 1971, and im
mediately began a sl3 million
improvement program to
increase the capacity from
415,000 tons. The company
replaced three short wet
process cement kilns with a
new preheater which reduced
the energy required to
produce a ton of cement by
approximately 65 percent.
The Board of Directors and
officers of Medusa Cor
poration held an open house
today at the Clinchfield Plant
for government officials and
other guests to show them to
new manufacturing facilities.
deny said request.”
Commissioner Charles
Carter moved to adopt the
resolution, subject to typing in
(he correct percentage rate
increase requested. He was
seconded by Alton Tucker.
The motion passed
unanimously. It was signed by
all five commissioners:
Carter, Tucker, Frank Rozar,
Steve Byrd, and V.W.
McEver.
The October 3 issue of the
Home Journal reported that
the City of Perry would
challenge the rate increase
requests. The Council voted
unanimously to have City
Attorney Larry Walker
prepare a brief and appear on
the city's behalf before the
Public Service Commission in
Atlanta.
Also, the October 3 issue of
the Home Journal reported
that the Perry Telephone
Authority would hold a
meeting. The Perry Telephone
Authority was formed by an
act of the Georgia Legislature
in 1971, and legalizes Perry
forming its own telephone
company, if found desirable.
The Telephone Authority is
composed of: Malcolm Reese,
G, Francis Nunn, and Dan
Nelson.
Medusa Open House
Richard F. (Dick) Kistler (with speaker-phone)
greets about 100 guests along with officers and
directors of Medusa Cement Company, to
Medusa’s open house ceremonies held at the plant
in Clinchfield Tuesday. The guests were given a
guided tour of the plant and the quarry and shown
how Portland Cement is manufactured here in
Perry at what has been termed one of the most
efficient and outstanding cement plants in the
Judge Hunt
To Rule
On Suit
Houston County Superior
Court Judge Willis B. Hunt
last Friday heard oral
arguments from both plains
tiffs and defense in the case of
five Perryans who are suing
Houston County to force a
discontinuance of alleged
"illegal" operation of the
State Court in Warner Robins.
Two hours of argument was
heard by Judge Hunt, and the
opposing attorneys will also
file written briefs. Judge
Hunt's ruling on the Stale
Court is expected within the
next ten to fourteen days.
The five Perryans - Ran
dolph Brewster, David
Crockett, Jr., W.E. Harrison,
Robert Thompson, and Henry
Matthews - on August 2 filed a
suit with Clerk of Superior
Court Tommie Hunt seeking to
halt operation of the State
Court in Warner Robins. Two
other counts were also filed -
against Sheriff Cullen Talton,
and against the County
Commission - both for
allegedly shifting their main
offices to Warner Robins.
The Perryans' attorney,
noted barrister Denmark
Groover of Gray, told the
Home Journal that the other
two counts would probably be
heard by Judge Hunt on either
November 14 or 15, if all
parties involved can come to
an agreement.
Both the plaintiffs and
defense agreed to have Judge
Hunt issue a “summary
judgement” after he reads all
briefs. Originally, Hunt had
thought that no lengthy oral
arguments would be heard
from the opposing attorneys,
but the hearing soon stretched
far beyond the forty-five
minutes predicted by most
observers.
* Brinkley Campaigns*
Third District Congressman
Jack Brinkley spoke to a
group of Perry civic, business
and professional men here
Saturday morning at a break
fast given by Malcolm Reese,
President of Security Federal
Savings. The meeting was
held at the Perry Holiday Inn.
In Reese s introduction of
the Congressman, he praised
him for his service to the
Third District for the past 8
years and to Perry and
Houston County. Reese also
pointed out that Brinkley is “a
working Congressman” and
that he has a 95 percent voting
record in Congress, the best of
any of the Georgia delegation
in Washington.
Brinkley is seeking his fifth
term to the Congress as a
Democrat and is being
challenged by Republican
Carl Savage, Jr., a Mon
tezuma attorney.
Brinkley told the group,
‘‘The most important matter
pressing us at this time is the
domestic situation, in my
opinion, and that means the
general state of our economy
and of business.”
Brinkley outlined three
major areas of the economy
that he is concerned with the
most and seeking legislation
on at this time: A renewal of
the work ethic (teaching
people to work); the balance
of the Federal budget and the
firing of Arthur Burns,
chairman of the Federal
Reserve Board.
On the local level, the
Congressman said he has
talked with Ferry Mayor
James McKinley about some
future projects for Perry and
Federal funding. He also
nit! ion. Medusa’s open house was held in con
;‘.i: cfion with the Perry Area Chamber of Com
merce’s first annual “Industry Appreciation
Week ". The board of directors of Medusa flew into
Perry Monday night from the company’s
headquarters in Cleveland, Ohio. After the tour,
the group attended a luncheon hosted by Medusa
officials at the Houston Lake Country Club. (See
other photos of Medusa Day on page 3-A)
Seeking Congressional j
urged any citizens of the Third
District to contact him at his
Columbus, Ga., Warner
Robins or Washington office
when they need aid with some
matter or want to make
suggestions to him concerning
legislation or other matters
Brinkley Day Proclaimed
Perry Mayor James McKinley proclaimed this
Tuesday as “Congressman Jack Brinkley Day ” in
Perry. The Mayor is shown here presenting a key
to the city to Brinkley last Saturday morning
following a breakfast given for the Democratic
nominee seeking his fifth term as Third District
Congressman. From left. State Rep. Larry
taking place in the Third
District or Washington.
Brinkley also pointed out
that he and Senator Sam Nunn
of Perry have been working
closely for the last two years
on legislation and other
matters important to the
6 To 8:30 PM.
Trick Or Treat
Set For Oct. 30
Perry City Council has set the annual “trick or
treat’’ night for Perry youngsters for Wednesday,
October 30, between the hours of 6:00 and 8:30
P.M.
City Councilman H.E. (Gene) Smith, chairman
of the public safety committee, urged parents to
tell their children of the set times and at the same
time he asked that parents stress “caution” to
their children in crossing streets.
Smith also called on Perry motorists to use
“extra caution” during the “trick or treat” hours
and watch for youngsters.
Councilman Smith said, “We want the children
to enjoy themselves but we certainly want to
make sure no child gets injured.”
Solid Waste Program
Approved For County
The Georgia Department of
Natural Resources has ap
proved Solid Waste
Management Plan for three
Middle Georgia Counties.
According to Charles H.
Howell, Executive Director of
the Middle Georgia Area
Planning and Development
Commission, plans for
Houston, Monroe and Jones
Counties were approved by
DNR a few days ago.
“This is an important step,’’
Howell explained, “because
these three counties have all
applied for grant applications
from DNR, and until their
Solid Waste Plans which
outline proposed methods of
collection and disposal for the
next ten years had been ap
proved they could not be
considered for grants.”
It will be mid November
before the commission
knowns whether or not the
grant applications are to be
funded.
MGAPDC Solid Waste
Re-Election
district and to the state.
Perry Mayor James
McKinley, following the
breakfast Saturday, presented
Brinkley with a key to the city
and proclaimed this Tuesday
as ‘‘Jack Brinkley Day” in
Perry. Brinkley was also
Walker, Mayor McKinley, Congressman Brinkley
and Malcolm Reese, president of Security Federal
Savings and host for the Brinkley breakfast.
Brinkley was also in Perry Monday night for a
coffee at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jim Worrall
and here Tuesday for Medusa Cement Company’s
open house.
Specialist Vernon B. Ryle, 111,
prepared the plans.
According to Ryle the
combined amount requested
by the three counties totals
$132,0(H) in state monies to
purchase equipment.
The plan for Houston County
included collection and
disposal plans for Warner
Robins, Perry and Cen
terville.
Perry and Warner Robins
are to continue to provide
residential and commercial
service, while Centerville is to
maintain a contract with a
private firm. It also calls for
Warner Robins and Houston
County to utilize a joint land
fill, while Perry is to maintain
a separate one.
Houston County has
requested $50,000 from the
state to purchase equipment
to be used at a landfill site.
Total amount of the equip
ment is $163,000, and Houston
County is to provide the
remaining $113,000 if awarded
the grant.
honored here Monday night
with a coffee given hy Mr. and
Mrs, Jim Worrall at their
home on Greenwood Drive.
Brinkley is opposed in his
bid for fifth term to Congress
hy Hepublican Carl Savage,
Jr., a Montezuma attorney.