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These four “lovelies" in all their stunning
beauty will be four of the more than sixty con
testants in the Perry Business Women's Club
sponsored “Evening of Fun-An All Male Beauty
Contest", slated for April 12 at 8:00 P.M. at the
Perry High gymnasium. Tickets will cost SI.OO
each at the door, and extra attractions will be
Program Endangered
Women's Softball Here
Hit By Funds Cutoff
A proposed women’s soft
ball league for the Perry area
is apparently in serious
jeopardy of never being
formed, as a letter from
County Recreation Director
Tommy Stalnaker to Perry
Recreation Commission
Chairman Bob Morrow says
(he county cannot fund monies
needl'd to set up the league
and to operate it.
The letter, dated March 25,
from Stalnaker to Morrow,
further says that the county
has for years paid a salary for
an employee to work any
recreation games played in
Perry at old Houston High
field In addition. Stalnaker
says that the county has paid
light bills accruing from the
operation of the Houston High
ballpark.
The decision may mean the
end of county-sponsored
* games in Perry, and may
mean that ALL county games
will have to be played at
Moody Road Park near
Warner Robins The letter
says in port... "For the past
two years, our department has
fundihl a salary for a summer
employee to work only the
games played in Perry by both
youth and adult teams at old
Houston High, which has been
the only field un Perry' used
by our department We have
also paid the light bill and
maintained the park during
the summer months "
The letter continues, "The
upcoming season brings
several problems to our
department concerning the
teams in Perry. In order for
the youth teams and adult
teams to all participate, and
play the number of games
desired in Perry, there must
be an additional lighted field
available and one other
summer emp'oyee At the
present time, however, the
County does not have (he
money to fund either of these
additions "
The letter to Morrow also
says, "Therefore, we are
asking the City of Perry to
grant the use of Creek wood
Park to play adult softball
games and to hire one sum
mer employee to work with
the youth and adult leagues at
fields in Perry Unless these
two requests can be approved,
we can neither EXPAND the
Perry adult leagues, nor play
as many youth league games
in Perry as desired "
Stalnaker urged Morrow
and the City of Perry to give
"a reply as soon as possible,
since no definite plans can be
made for the leagues in Perry
until we have a firm answer
regarding these two
requests."
A recent meeting of public
Beauty Contestants
recreation boosters in Perry
sought (he playing of more
games in Perry, if Perry
teams were involved Last
year, in many cases, the only
games played in Perry were
between two Perry teams If a
Perry team played a county
team, the game was almost
always at Moody Road Park,
less than two miles from the
Warner Robins city limits,
and NOT in Perry.
Tuesday night the County
Commissioners authorized
Stalnaker to send the letter to
If City Agrees
Londswap Property To
Go On Auction Block
The Houston County
Commission Tuesday night
voted to advertise for public
auction on May 6, three
parcels of property in Warner
Robins belonging jointly to the
City of Warner Robins and to
Houston County, The property
was obtained by the two local
governments in a famed
landswap with the giant
Robins Air logistics Center
that took place two years ago.
The property, according to
County Attorney Walker
Burke, could not be deeded to
three parties wanting it-
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The AARP free tax service offered to persons
age 55 and over is scheduled for Saturdays 10 A M.
until Noon and Tuesdays 2-4 P.M. at the Eastgate
branch conference room of The Bank of Perry.
The film, "The Gospel Road" conceived and
produced by Johnny Cash and his wife, June
Carter Cash, will be shown at Houston Lake
Baptist Church Sunday, March 30, at 7:30 P.M.
Everyone is invited to come and see this great
film. No admission charged.
The Sgt. Clinton C. Duncan Chapter of the UDC
will be held at the home of Mrs. Frances Manship,
627 Hillcrest Ave., at 3:30 P.M. April 2. Mrs.
Norine Jones will be co-hostess. All members are
urged to attend.
The Perry Garden Club meets April 3 (Thur
sday) at 3 P.M. at Eastgate branch of The Bank of
Perry. Bobby Tuggle will be guest speaker giving
program on Wildernesses of Georgia and Alaska.
singer Tommy Storey and Sally Stanley’s dan
cers. The four “beauties" above are, left to right:
Bob Morrow. James McKinley, nurse Bob Bettag,
and Al Lasseter. More pictures of the
breathtakingly lovely contestants will be featured
in following papers.
Morrow. The decision by
Stalnaker was made due to a
limited Recreation Depart
ment budget. Last year the
board agreed to a "per
capita" funding of recreation
funds, with Perry receiving
either funds to set up their own
program, or coming under the
county program. Perry chose
to associate with the county.
Last summer, games were
played in three locations
sponsored by the county-
Moody Road Park, old
Houston High in Perry, and at
the ballpark in Centerville
Sacred Heart Catholic School,
Federal Credit Union, and the
Second Baptist Church. The
three parties had offered to
purchase the land from the
governments, but according to
Burke the county could not
legally sell any of its property
unless "at public outcry at the
Courthouse door".
According to Burke, the City
of Warner Robins may be in
the same legal situation,
despite attempts to deed the
property without going
through public sales channels
Burke said he had conferred
In other events concerning
the City of Perry, the board of
commissioners agreed to pay
$3,982.51 as the county’s share
in lighting the ballfield at
Creekwood Recreation Park
in Perry. In March of list
year, Councilmen D.K.
Houghton and H.H. Hack
worth, along with Mayor
James McKinley, met with the
board and secured approval to
bill the county for fifty percent
of all expenditures about
SB,OOO on the lights. The lights
cost $15,965.03.
with Warner Robins City
Attorney Roy Cowart, who
agreed that the public sales
route was the best one to avoid
future legal repercussions.
Land Surveyor Robert Story
was present at Tuesday
night's County Commission
meeting in Perry, and brought
with him one of three plats the
county needed before it could
advertise the properties in the
county legal organ (the
Houston Home Journal) as
well as in the Warner Robins
daily paper The board voted
to advertise the property for a
sales dale of May 6, before the
Courthouse door in Perry, if
the City of Warner Robins
acquiesces to the method of
sale. Several weeks ago that
council rejected such a plan
The land in question is three
plats of approximately one
acre, one fronting on Watson
Boulevard, all three along
Robins Drive. Robins Federal
Credit Union wants to pur
chase the front plat and build
an office building Sacred
Heart Catholic School wants a
middle portion for a school
playground, and Second
Baptist wants a smaller
portion for other purposes.
Commissioner Alton Tucker
made the formal motion to
advertise the plats for sale,
provided the City of Warner
Robins agrees. He was
seconded by Commissioner
Frank Rozar, and the motion
passed without dissent. The
legal advertisement must be
run for four weeks im
mediately preceding sale, and
will begin with the April 10
Houston Home Journal if the
City of Warner Robins agrees.
Instant Formation
Sheriff Talton To Get
"D.C." Computer Linkup
Houston County Sheriff
Cullen Talton may soon be
getting a computer terminal
installed at the Sheriff’s of
fices in Warner Robins. The
county is seeking a surplus
computer terminal, owned by
the City of Macon Police
Department, which will
enable Talton’s men to almost
instantly check suspicious
persons for criminal in
dictments through the State
Crime offices and on to the
central Federal Bureau of
Investigation offices in
Washington, D C.
Two weeks ago Sheriff
Talton was at the County
Commission meeting with
Middle Georgia Area Plan
ning and development
Commission (MGAPDC)
representative Jessie
Fountain to seek Com
missioners’ approval in trying
to obtain the sophisticated
apparatus. The equipment is
owned by Macon, but was
recently declared surplus.
Fountain told the Board
they would be "getting a
tremendous bargain” for the
county if they pursued the
computer terminal. Fountain
said the terminal would cost '
$9,460 if purchased new and
even if bought under a Crime
Commission grant would cost
the county $5,032. Macon of
fered it to the board for $4,000.
At that meeting two weeks
ago Commissioner Steve Byrd
moved to let Purchasing
Agent Miller Heath and
Sheriff Talton negotiate with
the Macon officials. Heath
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Rural Residences
To Receive Lower
Insurance Rates
Houston County Fire Commission Chairman
Seventeen Burdine announced Tuesday afternoon
that fire insurance rates for many rural Houston
County residents will be substantially lower as a
result of improvements made by the four county
fire stations. Burdine said at a Tuesday press
conference that rates were being lowered from
Class 10 (nonprotected) to Class 9-A (limited
protection) by the state insurance board for all
homes within five miles of a fire station.
The county operates fire stations in four com
munities - Henderson, Hayneville-Grovania,
Bonaire-Kathleen, and in Centerville. The rate
reductions will average about SBO per year, ac
cording to County Commission Chairman Charles
Carter. The rates reductions apply to both
residential and farm dwellings.
The new rates were effective on March 15. They
were obtained as a result of extensive im
provements in fire protection made by the Fire
Commission. Included was the placement of fire
sirens at each station to summon volunteer
firemen.
Burdine was notified of the change in a letter
from the Insurance Services Offices of Georgia by
K. Dana Gill, manager of the office in Atlanta.
Any current policies are to be pro-rated.
PHS Literary
Wins Third
Perry High School won
Third place on March 15 at the
Region 3-AA Literary Meet
held at Georgia College in
Milledgeville Perry High
School was in competition
w’ith six other schools in the
region, and the PHS team
members placed in all events
in which they entered.
Winning Perry High
students, by event, were:
Trio- 2nd place- Sandra Lollis,
Karen Rogers, and Margaret
Golden; Boys Solo- 4th place-
Jay Turner; Girls Solo- 2nd
place- Sandra Lollis; Piano
4th place- Bonnie Kelley; Boys
Essay- 3rd place- Bob Brown;
and Girls Essay- 2nd place-
Cindy Holley.
Other PHS winners were:
Girls Typing- 2nd place- Paula
English; Boys Spelling- 4th
place- Derrick Solomon; Girls
Spelling- 4th place- Sally
Funk; Oral Interpretation- 3rd
place- Susan Nappier; and
Shorthand- 2nd place- Carol
Wood.
subsequently offered them
about $3,000 for the machine,
which was accepted by
Macon. If the state Crime
Commission okays the pur
chase, the terminal will be
placed in the radio room of the
Sheriff’s office in Warner
Robins.
In other action the Com
missioners read a budget
amendment request from Tax
Assessor Henry Andel. Andel
requested an amendment of
$1,471 to the Tax Assessor
budget for this fiscal year, in
order to enable the Assessors
to comply with a Georgia law
which requires taxpayers be
given a notice of change of
assessment.
Commissioner Steve Byrd
said, "This is something they
have to do, according to state
law.” He then moved to accept
the budget amendment
request and the vote was
unanimous.
In another development the
Commissioners decided to pay
the H.B. Fuller Company its
final payment on a flooring
contract for the new Houston
County Correctional In
' stitution on Kings Chapel
Road. The company had
retained a LaGrange lawyer
after the county held up
payment of $2,136, claiming a
liquid flooring at the camp
was not installed properly.
The lawyer, Allen B. Keeble
of Richter and Birdsong of
LaGrange, pointed out that
letters from the Com
missioners had agreed that
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Planning Men
Shown planning menus are (L-R) Mrs. Linda Story. Mrs. Vivian Crutchfield,
and Mrs. Anne Sinyard, all of the Perry Pilot Club. The Pilot Club will operate
the food booth at the Idaho Club’s “Circus of Arts N Crafts’’ this Saturday at
the National Guard Armory in Perry.
HOUSTON HOME JOURNAL THURS.. MAR. 27, 1975, 1
the flooring contractor would
not be held liable for defects
inherent in the flooring frame.
The contractor merely poured
flooring onto the existing
frame.
Features Custer's Last Stand
Library Film Series
"America" Continues
The Perry-Houston County Library contimAk
its showing of the film series “America” next
Wednesday night at 7:30 P.M. with part seven
entitled “Domesticating A Wilderness”. The film
runs fifty-two minutes with an intermission that
features refreshments. Houston County Library
System executive director Warren Phillips issued
a cordial invitation to all to view the series.
In next Wednesday’s film, the nation turns
West, draining off war-bred tensions. Mormons
make the Utah desert bloom. A transcontinental
rail link is driven across awesome terrain.
Abilene’s railhead becomes a cowboy Mecca
while European immigrants populate the
midlands and bring in the barbed wire which will
impose order on vast empty spaces. The Indians’
last desperate struggles explode in the
yellowhaired Custer massacre and the Battle of
Wounded Knee -a prelude to the present-day
poverty of reservation life.
“America” is narrated by noted British
historian Alistair Cooke. Houston Library
Director Phillips says that interest in the series
continues very strong, and says the quality of the
films is the major reason. The films are shown
free of charge to the public. The series is part of
the library’s celebration of the approaching
Bicentennial birthday of the United States.
Cont. from front
Mayor Protesting
HUD Decision
category (urban counties
having a population in excess
of 200,000) was grossly un
derestimated by HUD. Con
sequently, the funds originally
earmarked for the balance of
SMSA applicants will be
devoted entirely to the urban
county category.”
The City of Perry several
weeks ago filed a pre
application for SIOO,OOO in CDA
funds, that included $35,000 for
Downtown Re-Development,
$45,000 for paving, and lesser
amounts for other ideas. The
City was originally supposedly
competing with other com
munities for a portion of
$235,000 set aside for the
Middle Georgia area.
McKinley’s letter written
early Wednesday morning to
Nunn, Talmadge and Brinkley
quoted both Hartman and
Howell and then added, “In
my opinion, this error is
inexcusable as they could
certainly have made better
programming and use of
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County Attorney Walker
Burke advised the board to
pay the bill. Thereupon Alton
Tucker made Burke’s opinion
into a motion and the board
agreed to pay the $2,136 bill.
Census Bureau Data .in
determining the numl®- of
counties having both under
and above 200,000, prior to
having all cities and counties
nationwide go through Public
Hearings and filing of ap
plications. Our City has gofte
to considerable expense and
wasted time...”
McKinley continued, “As
Mayor of Perry, I want to,
express much displeasure am
disappointment in my feelings
over HUD’s arbitrary action
and I feel there is no rhyme o
reason for funding only th
urban counties having r
population in excess of 200,000
Without a doubt, this is th
most unfair thing that I hav<
seen come out of our Nation’s.
Capitol in many years*-, Ir
taking the attitude they have,
they show no concern or
regard for our smaller
counties.”
McKinley urged the three
Congressmen to lend all
possible assistance in trying to
rectify the HUD error.
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