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,\Thc March “Lawn of the Month’’ in Perry, as
dnosen by the Perry Garden Club, is the lawn at
McDonald’s Restaurant on U.S. 341 North. Shown
are McDonald’s Manager Larry Haralson and
Eddie King,Jr.
Bail Denied To Perryan
In Elberta Murder Case
Houston County Superior
Court Judge Willis B. Hunt
Tuesday morning denied bail
to Eddie King, Jr., of Perry.
King is charged with the
M vvch 11 murder of Elberta
community resident Edward
Jones Also arrested in con
nection with the case were
Freddie Lee Lester, Jr., 20, of
914'/•> Best Street in Perry, and
Solomon Harris, Jr., of 130
Janice Street, age 20. King is
18 and a resident of 520 Bill
Street in Perry.
Jones, a former Northside
High of Warner Robins
football player, was
shotgunned down in front of
his Elberta home Tuesday
morning two weeks ago Ac
cording to Captain Willie
Talton, head of the Sheriff's
Book Club Hears
Caldwell Review
The Wednesday Afternoon
Book Club met March 19 at the
lovely home of Mrs. Hugh
Lawson. Mrs. J.L. Beavers
was co-hostess.
Mrs A.P. Whipple was the
Charter Member honored with
a delightful sketch on her life
given by Mrs. Cohen Walker,
president. A request for the
club's cooperation in serving
refreshments at the Perry
Public Library showing
Alistair Cooke's “America”
was presented and agreed to.
Mrs. M.M. Dean, luncheon
chairman, reported that April
Easter Egg Hunt
To Be Held
At Creekwood
The Houston County Neigh
borhood Service Center will
hold an Easter Egg Hunt
Saturday at 4:00 P.M. at
Creekwood Recreation Park
for children ages 2-12. Miss
Trellie Williams, co-ordinator
of the event, said that con
tributions of money or cooked
and dyed eggs will be ac
cepted in Perry by Mrs.
Ethelyn Clerkley at the
Sunshine Day Care Center.
*Mrs. Williams added that
Mrs. Clerkley can be con
tacted at 987-1866. The Easter
Egg Hunt is sponsored under
the auspices of the Houston
County Community Action
Council, a division of the
Middle Georgia Community
Action Agency headed by Jim
Brophy.
The NSC will also sponsor a
Hunt in Warner Robins
Saturday, at noon, at Sewell
Park (near Camellia Circle).
At that hunt, children ages 2-
12 are eligible. Anyone
wishing to donate to the
Robins Hunt can call Mrs.
Williams at 923-8194.
department of Investigation,
two unnamed witnesses said
that they and two of the
suspects allegedly entered
Jones’ home to seek purchase
of drugs.
Jones allegedly went outside
to talk with King. The Elberta
man reportedly had a .25
caliber pistol with him. One of
the men charged in the slaying
(King) then allegedly
discharged the shotgun into
Jones’ face, killing him.
Captain Talton said that his
men found a shotgun in the
driveway of Jones’ Storey
Hoad home, apparently a
strong link in the case. Talton
also linked drugs to the
slaying, and said that the
three Perryans may have
come to the Warner Robins
9 had been set as the deadline
for the members to give the
names of their guests to Mrs.
Lawson or Mrs. Ryle. The
speaker for the luncheon on
April 19 will be Mr. Gilbert W.
Withers who will talk on
“Gemstones Found in Ga”,
Mrs D M Ryle introduced
Mrs, C.H. Tucker who
reviewed in an interesting
way the book “Growing Up
Tough”, which is the
autobiography of novelist
Taylor Caldwell, The second
review of the program was
Miss Caldwell’s “The Cap
tains and the Kings" per
ceptively given by Mrs. M.M.
Dean.
The delicious tea time
refreshments served by the
hostesses featured attractive
pen and ink sketches by Miss
Alma Goodrich designed to
continue emphasis on the
club’s 40th Anniversary Year.
OBITUARY
Whetstone
Mrs. Ethel Wood Whetstone,
89, a resident of Wetumpka,
Ala., died March 16, 1975, in a
local hospital after an ex
tended illness.
Services were held Tuesday,
March 18, at 3 P.M. at Har
mony Methodist Church. Rev
Tony Hughes, Rev. Don Fuller
and Rev. George Sedberry
officiated. Interment was in
the churchyard cemetery.
Survivors include three
'daughters, Mrs. J.L, Beard,
Mrs. Judson Waites, both of
Titus; Mrs Lewis Jacobs of
Perry; 1 son, Walton M. ■
Whetstone of Wetumpka; 1
sister, Mrs. Willie Penton of
Titus; 12 grandchildren; 17
great grandchildren.
Campbell Funeral Home of
Wetumpka had charge of
arrangements,
Perry Garden Club representative Mrs. Yates
Green prior to placing the marker on the lawn.
The Garden Club monthly selects a lawn in Perry
for its beauty and well-cared-for look.
area in search of a buy.
Jones was 20 years old and
was employed by the Elberta
Community Development
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SFC Bennie L. Jackson of Perry, sports operation NCO, Recreation Services
Division, Directorate for Personnel and Community Services (DPCA), U.S.
Army Garrison, Okinawa, is promoted to his present rank by Col. Robert
Nelson, Jr. (L), director, DPCA. Assisting is Jackson’s wife, Margaret. (U.S.
Army photo)
J Personals From J
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! BY DORIS THAMES
Mrs, Hugh Ragan, Sr., and
Mrs. Floyde Corn attended the
dress rehearsal of the Cantata
“He Touched Me” at the
Macon Evangelistic Church
on Lackey Drive in Macon
Saturday evening, March 22.
The cantata is a re-enactment
of the Crucifixion of Christ.
There .ire over 100 people in
the play and the scenery and
costume- which were
designed I y Mrs. Joe An
drews, the wife of the pastor of
the church, are very
authentic. This cantata will be
presented at 7:30 on March 30,
April 6. 13, 30 and 27.
Friends will be interested to
know that Frank Pate is a
patient in the St. Joseph In
■ firmary in Atlanta. Georgia.
The zip code number is 30303.
■ Friends will be interested to
know that little Ken Sikes,
Mrs. Neva Sikes' grandson, is
doing better Praise the Lord
for answered prayers.
Mrs. Baxter Evans of
Macon visited her parents,
Mr. and Mrs, Louis Ragan,
Sr., Thursday, March 20.
Mr. and Mrs. Melton Cloud,
Matt and Michelle of Macon
visited Mr and Mrs. Louis
Ragan,Sr., Sunday, March 23.
Mr. and Mrs William
Wilder of Macon visited Mr
and Mrs. Leon Ragan and
Becky on Saturday, March 22,
and Mr. and Mrs. Archie
Bryant of Perry visited them
on Sunday, March 23.
Mr. and Mrs. Cary Stewert
of Macon visited the Reverend
and Mrs Grady Stokes on
Wed , March 19, and on
Sunday, March 23. Mr. and
Center, a service organization
that works with children. He
had played football at Nor
thside High of Warner Robins.
King and Lester were
arrested Thursday morning of
last week by Captain Talton’s
forces, and Harris a short
while later. All three were
charged with murder. Sheriff
Cullen Talton said earlier this
week that the three will be
heard by the Houston Grand
Jury when it convenes April 7
and April 8.
Mrs. Luke Wiker, Ben and
Chad of Perry visited them
Nursery leader, Mrs. Faith
Ragan; Beginner leader, Mrs.
Grady Stokes, and Primiary
leader, Mrs. Molley Ragan,
along with the assistance of
Brother Stokes gave the
Primaries, Beginners and
older Nursery an Easter Egg
Hunt and party at Henderson
Baptist Church Monday,
March 24. Present were 19
very happy little people.
There will be a Sunrise
Service at 7 AM. at Hen
derson Baptist Church and at
11 A M. there will be a sermon
in song. The public is cordially
invited.
ATTENTION: Members of
Henderson Baptist Church -
Sunday, March 30, is Building
Fund Sunday.
Food for thought: If we saw
our worth as in the eyes of
others, and saw others worth
as we see ours, what would be
our aims and thoughts?
BIRTHS
Mr. and Mrs. Louis Moody
of Perry announce the birth on
March 14 of a son, Kyle
Everett. The son was born at
8:45 PM. at the Houston
County Hospital in Warner
Robins. He weighed six
pounds three ounces at birth
and was nineteen inches long
Mrs. Moody is the former
Wanda Dennard of Perry
Maternal grandparents are
Mr. and Mrs. B.R Dennard of
Perry. Paternal grandparents
are Mr and Mrs. Joe Moody ol
Perry
City-County At Odds
Garbage Dump Fee
Cause Os Turmoil
The City of Warner Robins
should be receiving today a
proposal made by the Houston
County Commission to allow
the city to use the county
landfill in Bonaire for a fee of
$2,500 a month- a temporary
fee until the Middle Georgia
Area Planning and
Development Commission
(MGAPDC) can come up with
permanent figures. But the
Warner Robins council has
already rejected an “in
formal" proposal of $2,500 per
month made by the board of
commissioners last week in an
“informal” meeting at the
City Hall in Warner Robins.
Tuesday night, to get
something in official records,
Commissioner Steve Byrd
made a motion to give the City
of Warner Robins a written
proposal of a fee of $2,500 per
month on a trial basis, Byrd
added that the motion should
include that the County will be
willing to accept machinery
owned by the City, on an
appraised basis, as a credit on
monthly fees for use of the
landfill. Alton Tucker
seconded Byrd’s motion and it
passed unanimously.
Tucker added, “I think the
Local Realtor
Attends Course
Dick Malone, sales
associate of Richardson
Realty Company, recently
completed the National In
stitute of Farm and Land
Broker’s course: Principles of
Land Use and Development.
The advance Real Estate
course was held at the Hyatt
Regency Hotel in Atlanta
between March 17-21. It was
attended by over fifty realtors
from all over the United
States. Course curriculum
included land brokerage,
factors affecting the sale of
land, creative financing of
farms and ranches, rural
land, urban land development,
planning and zoning, land use
plans, market research, land
syndication, tax con
siderations affecting farms,
and land transactions, and tax
planning
The Perry-Houston County Library is currently
displaying art of Perryans and these four ladies
have some of their work on the shelves. Left to
right are: Mrs. Becky Branch, Mrs. Linda Jones,
Mrs. Dottie Kistler, and art teacher Suzanne
Roth. Mrs. Roth teaches art at Studio One on Main
Street (the former Grapevine building). The class
schedule is: Monday 10-1 and 7:30-10:30 for
adults; Tuesday- 4-6 P.M. for children ages 8-12;
Wednesday- 4-6 P.M. for 13 years old and older;
and Wednesday- 7:30-10:30 P.M. for adults. The
students use books found at the Perry library and
taxpayers of Houston County
ought to be left up to us.” This
comment was in regard to
demands by the Warner
Robins City Council for fees to
be charged county residents
for dumping garbage, as a
Cookbooks, Tickets
Sorelle Club To
Show At Fair
The Sorelle Club met at the
home of Mrs. Frank Jaros on
Wednesday afternoon, March
19. Co-hostesses were Mrs.
Otis Gunn and Mrs. Ralph
Tabor
Mrs. James Peavy,
president, conducted the
business session. The Social
Committee reported that 29
members and husbands at
tended the seafood buffet in
Hawkinsville, Ga., in
February.
The Finance Committee
chairman, Mrs. W.G. Jones,
stated that the club will have a
booth at the Arts and Crafts
Show on March 29 to sell
Sorelle cookbooks and tickets
for the Bye-Lo babydoll and
cradle to be given away April
11, 1975.
Dr. Leonard Cochran, in-
Ask For Changes
Commission Perturbed
Over Ambulance Red Ink
The oft-discussed problem
of providing an adequate
ambulance service to Houston
County residents at the lowest
possible cost drew attention at
a meeting of the Houston
County Commission and
Hospital Authority in Warner
Robins last week. The hospital
board told (he commissioners
they had no objection to the
county Civil Defense super
vising the ambulance service
if as “good or better a service
at lower cost’’ could be ob
tained.
Commissioner Steve Byrd
brought the subject up by
stating, “There is an area we
would like you (the hospital
board) and Jim Wagner (the
Executive Director of the
hospital complex) to place
particular emphasis on, in
trying to cut costs. This is
costing us SIOO,OOO a year.”
The county two years ago
assumed responsibility for
providing ambulance ser
vices, after the funeral home
directors relinquished care of
ambulance service. The
funeral homes were forced out
of the service by ever
increasing federal and state
guidelines. The Commission
HOUSTON HOME JOURNAL THURS.. MAR. 27, 1975,
condition for the City having
to pay any fee at all. Last
week several of the Council
and WR Mayor Ed Bryant
objected to the City paying
any fee unless county
residents pay fees for use of
troduced by Mrs. Eugene
Smith, gave a most in
formative and entertaining
talk on his trip to the Orient.
He displayed several ar
tifacts, giving details about
their origin.
I HOME JOURI
FIRE REP
| 922-1144
Centerville
March 20, grass fire on 118
Taylor St.
BONAIRE-KATHLEEN
March 20, grass fire on
Bonanza Dr.
March 22, trash fire on
Third Ave.
delegated responsibility for
operating the service to the
Hospital Authority, and
agreed to pick up the financial
tab for losses. Last year the
service operated “in the red”
over SIOO,OOO.
Several months ago County
Civil Defense Director Ed
Wagnon asked the Com
mission to consider having the
CD assume supervisory
capacity over the ambulance
service. Wagnon said that Tift
County in South Georgia was
utilizing their CD in such a
manner, with some success.
Since Wagnon made his
proposal, the idea has lain
dormant.
Commissioner Alton Tucker
told the hospital board,
“We’ve been discussing let
ting the Civil Defense operate
it, what do y’all think?”
Authority Chairman Staf
ford answered, “I have really
no opinion. If they can operate
it cheaper, let them do it."
Hospital complex Executive
Director Jim Wagner was
asked if he had any experience
in communities where the CD
ran the service. Wagner
responded, “The only ex
perience I’ve had is in helping
reproduce famous artworks.
Mrs. Roth commented, “Many of the paintings
are first efforts of the students and the students
will tell you that while painting isn’t easy, it
definitely isn’t as difficult as many would
imagine.” Mrs. Roth studied at a New Haven,
Connecticut school of painting for three years and
has taught at art studios in Connecticut.
Mrs. Roth also says, ”Painting is much easier
than drawing because you would paint in SHAPES
And AREAS rather than outlining. Learning to see
is the hurdle to color.”
PAGE 3-A
roadside dumpsters.
Sanitation Chief Joe Harrell
added a new light on the
situation when he told the
board that it ought to be noted
that a great amount of the
garbage that would be
dumped by Warner Robins
trucks at the county landfill
would be commercial gar
bage. The county already
charges commercial fees for
county businesses to dump at
the landfill. Harrell estimated
that fifty (50) percent of the
garbage generated in Warner
Robins is of commercial
nature.
In related business the
board of commissioners ac
cepted a bid of $22,057 from
Toledo Scales Company to
install a 60 foot, 60 ton scale at
the landfill site in Bonaire.
The scales will automatically
dispense a printout from a
computer with the date, time,
and weight of garbage
dumped at the site. Steve Byrd
moved to accept Toledo
Scales’ bid, was seconded by
Tucker, and the vote was
unanimous.
In related occurrences, the
board told Miller Heath,
County Purchasing Agent, to *
secure quotes on eight foot
high creosote wooden poles to
be used to string a wire fence
around the landfill. The fence
is necessary to meet state
Environmental Protection
Agency standards.
NAL Sfev |
OUT
IIAYNEVILLE-GROVANIA
No activity.
HENDERSON
No activity.
Perry Fire Dept.
987-1212
March 21, grass fire on
Hickory St.
keep a community out of it
(letting the CD operate) in
Tennessee. I would hate to see
the service suffer. As long as it
would be as good or better, I
would have no objections.”
Authority member John
Lovejoy took a different view.
He began, “We need to discuss
the possibility of having a
single operation. We could be
anywhere in the county within
fifteen minutes, except, during
peak traffic periods. A central
location to any point in the
county.”
Lovejoy later explained that
any suggestion that would
save the county funds should
be considered. He noted the
SIOO,OOO operating deficit.
Until the committee structure
of the Authority was altered
last week, the Bonaire native
was chairman of the Am
bulance-Emergency Room
committee.
The Authority and Com
mission agreed to change the
type of ambulances being used
by the county, changing from
the current van-type to a
modular type ambulance. The
changeover will be made as
the lease contract on each
vehicle expires.