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HOUSTON HOME JOURNAL THURS., OCT. 24. 1974,
Medusa Open House
The final product, bags of the finest Portland
Cement in the world, is what it is all about at the
Medusa Cement Company plant here. Shown here
are some of the guests that toured Medusa during
In Letter To Commissioners
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Perry’s Mayor Seeks
Courthouse Lighting
Ferry Mayor James
McKinley Tuesday night by
letter asked the Houston
County Commission to con
sider “washlighting” the
Courthouse in Perry in order
to give the massive structure
a better night-time ap
pearance. The Commissioners
joled to have Georgia Power
Company give them a
proposal on the suggestion.
McKinley's letter reads: (it
was addressed to Frank
Rozar, chairman): “You will
recall that I spoke with you
last Friday, in which 1 ex
pressed a desire to see the
Houston County Courthouse
made more attractive at night
by use of floodlights or
“washed” type lighting from
dusk until midnight."
“As you know, the (Perry)
Central Business District’s
night-time appearance has
been improved recently, by
the City, in that we replaced
the 20,000 candlepower street
lights with 50,000 candlepower
lights. This covers a six block
area which, of course, in
cludes the Courthouse.”
“I feel that our County
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Stripling
Funeral services for T.S.
Stripling, 54, were held
Saturday. October 19, 1974, at
Mt. Zion C.M.E. Church at
2:00 P.M with the pastor,
Rev. T.C. Rumph, officiating
Mr. Stripling, son of the late
Thomas Stripling, passed
Sunday, October 13, 1974.
Burial was in the church
cemetery.
His survivors include his
mother, Mrs. Susie L.
Stripling, of Elko, Ga.; three
sisters, Mrs. Fannie M
Lester, Perry, Mrs. Bertha
Wooten, New Castle, Penn
sylvania, and Mrs. Susie
Brockett, Forth Worth,
Texas; three brothers, John
Clinton Stripling, Elko,
Ga., and Roosevelt Stripling,
Perry; one maternal grand
mother, Mrs. Bertha King,
Perry, three aunts, three
uncles and one great aunt and
a host of nieces, nephews,
cousins, and friends,
Toomer Brothers Funeral
Home was in charge of
arrangements.
Courthouse is perhaps the
most attractive and
monumental building in the
Central Business District and
dramatic improvement in
appearance to this building
could be achieved by
floodlighting or “wash
lighting” the exterior of it."
“The Georgia Power
Sorelle Club Meets Here
The Sorelle Club met
Wednesday, October 16, at the
home of Mrs. Frederick
Fudge. Members drove to the
Pabst plant and enjoyed a tour
of the industry. Upon return to
the Fudge home, they were
served a delicious dessert
plate. A short business
meeting was conducted by the
president, Mrs. James Peavy.
The finance committee gave
further information on their
auction to be held at the
Pilot Club
Attends WR
Banquet
On October 21 the Pilot Club
of Perry attended a dinner
meeting with the Pilot Club of
Warner Robins to honor
Phyllis Manning, Governor of
Pilot International from
Flagstaff, Arizona.
Perry Girl
Receives GM
Scholarship
Rosetta Jackson, a 1974
graduate of Perry High
School, has been awarded the
General Motors College
Scholarship. Miss Jackson is a
freshman at the Georgia
Institute of Technology in
Atlanta.
Rosetta is the daughter of,
Mr, and Mrs. B.L. Jackson,
Sr., of 1117 Justice Street in
Perry, The announcement of
the scholarship was made
earlier this week by Perry
High Principal Malcolm
Marchman.
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open house Tuesday along with several thousand
bags of cement ready to be shipped. The majority
of Medusa’s cement, however, is shipped to
customers via trucks in bulk amounts.
Company has consultants that
would be of assistance in
determining the proper type
lighting needed to enhance the
beauty of the Courthouse and
at the same lime improve the
night-time appearance of
Perry’s Central Business
District.”
Commissioner Alton Tucker
November meeting and other
projects for the remainder of
the year. Co-hostesses for the
Perryans Named
For Conference
More than 380 National
Merit and National
Achievement semi-finalists,
their parents and high school
guidance counselors have
been invited to an Oct. 26
conference beginning at 9 a m.
in the University of Georgia
law school auditorium.
The scholars will hear a
faculty panel discussion on
“The University in the
Seventies and Beyond”, hear
music by the university’s
men’s glee club, take a
walking tour of the historic
north campus and learn about
the varied academic
programs available at
Georgia.
Last year, the university
ranked second in the nation in
the number of institutionally
sponsored National Merit
Scholarships awarded and
14th in the total number of
scholars enrolled
Bridge
Winners
The Thursday night
duplicate bridge winners at
Houston Lake were; first
place, Watson and Stewart
Richardson; second place,
Betty and Schaeffer Day;
third place, Susan Dinkleberg
and Donna Moore; fourth
place, Beverly Gena and
Eddie Voseipka.
moved to gel an estimate from
Georgia Power. He was
seconded by Commissioner
Charles Carter and the vote
was unanimous. Clerk Sonny
Watson said he would include
in the letter to Georgia Power
a request lor a monthly
estimate in added expenses to
operate such lighting.
afternoon with Mrs. Fudge
were Mrs. W.E. Barfield and
Mrs. William Suber.
Invited to attend the con
ference from Perry are Molly
L, Chapman, Westfield High
School; Lynn M. Myers, Perry
High School; Eileen E.
Neubaum, Perry High School,
Kidney
Chairman
Named
Mrs. Herman E. Talmadge
announced today the ap
poinlmenl of Mrs. Elmo
Meadows and the Perry
Woman's Club as local
chairman of the annual
statewide door to door cam
paign of the Kidney Four
dation of Georgia.
The drive is being held to
support the work of the Kidney
Foundation in their fight
against kidney diseases, the
FOURTH largest killer of
Americans,
The Foundation has
provided kidney machines to
indigent patients, distributed
educational materials, begun
an organ donor program
necessary to obtain kidneys
for needed transplants and
supported research through
their national organization.
Other plans include the
establishment of an organ
retrieval program and
statewide detection clinics
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Some of the guests and directors of the Medusa
Cement Company here look over one of the giant
kilns used to manufacture Portland Cement for
world-wide distribution. This was during open
house ceremonies Tuesday at the Clinchfield, Ga.,
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Looking over one of the two consoles used to
virtually control the manufacture of cement at the
Medusa Cement Plant are industrial authority
member Marion Brown (left) and legal counsel
for Medusa David P. Hulbert, both of Perry. This
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A portion of the group attending Medusa
Cement Company’s open house Tuesday are
shown here looking over the conveyor belt that
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Harold Jennings (extreme left), president of the
Perry Area Chamber of Commerce and Malcolm
Reese (third from left), chairman of the Houston
County Industrial Development Authority, look
over one of the many complex operations at
plant 8 miles south of Perry on Highway 341. The
kiln heats the raw products from the plant’s
quarry to 600 degrees as part of the complex
manufacturing system to make Portland Cement.
was during open house ceremonies at Medusa
Cement Company Tuesday in conjunction with the
Perry Area Chamber of Commerce’s “Industry
Appreciation Week” this week.
crosses Highway 341 to bring the raw materials
from the plant’s quarry to the plant itself to be
manufactured into Portland Cement.
Medusa Cement Company’s plant here during
open house ceremonies there Tuesday. The Perry
Chamber is also sponsoring “Industry Ap
preciation Week’’ this week in Perry in con
junction with Medusa’s open house.