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Dynamic rising young singer Aaron Turner, one of the more than sixty
contestants in the Perry Business Women’s Club’s “Evening of Fun- An All-
Male Beauty Contest ”, poses at his (her) piano. Mr.. Mrs., Ms. or Miss Turner
Anri I 19 appear on the stage of the Perry High gymnasium Saturday night, April
/"\|JI II IZ. 12, at 8:00 P.M., to parade in the beautiful line of sweeties. Six awards will be
given including: Best Dressed. Best Good Sport For The Evening. Prettiest,
and three runners-up. Tickets will be available at the door for SI.OO each.
“Wish-it” Wofford Sirtyard (C), (ougn in her
miniskirt, primps for the cameras as "Granny”
Moody Mulkey and "Mama” Riley Hunt look on
with disapproval. The three are all contestants in
the Perry Business Women's Club's "Evening of
Fun- An All Male Beauty Contest”, set for
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Saturday night. April 12. Talent in addition to the
more than sixty lovelies will include singer
Tommy Storey and Sally Stanley's Dancers.
Judges include. Joyce Griffin. Seabie Hickson.
Clint Watson. Barbara Calhoun, and Mrs, Bob Lee
Smith.
Paid From General Funds
County Legal Suit .
Costs $ 10,000-So Far
Through Tuesday, Houston
County taxpayers, had doled
out about SIO,OOO in legal fees
in connection with the legal
suit filed against the County
Commission, Sheriff’s
Department, and State Court.
The suit, ruled on by Superior
Court Judge Willis B. Hunt a
few days ago, saw the county
utilize three lawyers in the
defense against the case
prepared by plaintiff at
torneys Denmark Groover
and Garland Byrd.
At Tuesday's County
Commission meeting, the
board heard County Attorney
Walker Burke explain a bill of
$1,900 in the bill listings as one
of ‘‘final” payments in the
case, which may still bring
further expense if either the
county or plaintiffs appeal
Hunt’s ruling. The county
utilized Burke, State Court
Solicitor Jack Kemp, and East
Point Attorney Harold Sheats
in the case.
Money for the case expenses
evidently comes out of general
funds of the county. Os course,
it was not budgeted, since the
1974-75 budgets were set upt
last June and the suit was not
filed until August 2.
In another matter the board
opened bids for a 30 foot by 30
foot “comfort” building for
the Moody Road recreation
park operated by the county.
Four people bidded on the
project: Bowles Glass of
Perry, Crawford County
Construction, Dixie Metal of
Macon, and Bogue Con
struction of Byron.
Low bid was Dixie Metal
with a bid of $7,110, but this bid
was rejected because it did not
meet previously stated
specifications. Dixie Metal’s
Health Tests
Set April 7 For
First Graders
Again this month hearing
and vision tests will be done on
April 7, 1975, between the
hours of 1 to 4 P.M. at the
Houston Co. Health Depart
ment. All children entering
the first grade in September
will be required to have these
tests done. Appointments are
not necessary.
Immunization certificates
will also be issued at this time
and it is requested that im
munization records be
brought to the Health
Department on each child
starting first grade this year.
It is necessary to know what
immunizations each child has
had so that an accurate cer
tificate can be issued. There is
no charge Tests are free to all
children entering first grade
in September.
Conservationists Gather
Gathered in Peach County at the farm of Louis and Cohen Walker. Dr. Cochran is Ocmulgee
Newberry are several Perryans at Tuesday’s Conservation District Chaplain. Johnson is
Fishfry for Soil Conservationists. Left to right District Chairman, and Walker is on the board of
directors. The guests present at the Newberry
are: Dr. Leonard Cochran; County Agent Emmet farm heard Dr. Ross G. Freeman address the nine
Whelchel; Rev. Elick Bullington; Mrs. Richard county gathering in prelude to Soil Conservation
Johnson; Richard Johnson: Mrs. Cohen Walker; Week, May 4-11.
price was for materials
delivered to the site, without
actual erecting of the building.
But the county specified they
wanted the building put to
gether.
So Alton Tucker moved to
award the bid to Bogue
Construction because it was
the low "correct” bid. Bogue’s
bid, with labor, was $13,484,
over two thousand dollars
lower than the next low bid.
Tucker’s motion was seconded
by Steve Byrd and the vote
was unanimous.
The Commissioners met
Tuesday in their usual room at
the Courthouse, but it had a
decidedly different look. The
board voted several weeks ago
For Sanitary Landfill
Council Sets New
Garbage Policies
Tuesday night Perry City
Council passed new rules
governing use of the city
sanitary landfill, both by
commercial and residential
users. Acting on a motion by
Sanitation Committee
Chairwoman Barbara
Calhoun, the Council acted "to
make the dump at least a
break-even proposition.”
Mrs. Calhoun began, “The
Sanitation Committee is
proposing changes in the use
of the city dump. There ap
pear now to be no iron-clad
rules as to who and when the
dump can be used. We suggest
rates of: for pickups- $2.00; for
one to two ton trucks- $5.00;
and for dump trailers- $10.00.”
She continued, "Any
resident or business now
paying a garbage fee will be
allowed to use the dump fee
free. They will use their utility
bill as a pass. They can buy
books of tickets if not
presently using city utilities
and not paying a garbage fee.
Each ticket will be $1.00.”
The Councilwoman further
said, "Three businesses now
pay a flat rate and haul their
own trash. There would be no
change in this, but they would
be required to purchase
tickets. So now there would be
three categories: 1) people
paying a flat rate and hauling
their own; 2) people
presenting copies of their
utility bill, stamped, as a
pass; and 3) contractors.”
She then moved to put her
suggestions into im
plementation and was
seconded by Alton Hardy, who
to install paneling to avoid
continuously peeling paint on
the walls, and at Tuesday’s
meeting the work was about
half complete.
County Purchasing Agent
Miller Heath said the paneling
installation was being done by
prison camp inmates. Heath
estimated total cost of the
paneling at close to S3OO, but
added that similar paneling
installed by a commercial
firm would be much more
costly.
The board heard a rezoning
request by Glynn Greenway’s
Network Investment Cor
poration at Tuesday’s
meeting NIC asked that 1.52
acres of land on the Cen
noted, “I want to compliment
you for a thorough study. This
is real good and realistic.”
The motion passed
unanimously. Mrs. Calhoun
emphatically stated that no
one would be able to
REMOVE anything at all
FROM the city dump. The
motion is effective em
mediately. Persons with bills
wishing them to be stamped
should have it done at City
Hall.
In another matter, the
Council tabled a motion to
purchase liability insurance
for city employees and City
Council. Finance Committee
Chairman Gordon Scar
borough originally made a
motion to purchase liability
Trio Holds *
Up Western
Auto Store
Perry Police Chief B E
Dennard said Tuesday night
that the Western Auto store on
Main Street was robbed
Tuesday afternoon. Three
persons, two black males and
a black female, apparently
entered the store on pretext of
terville-Elberta Road and
Avalon Circle be rezoned from
R-l to C-2 (light industry). The
county Planning and Zoning
Commission approved the
rezoning request and further
recommended that three other
parcels of property adjacent
to the NIC land also be
rezoned to C-2.
But the board said they
could not rezone property
unless a request was made by
a property owner. Steve Byrd
moved to rezone NlC’s
property to C-2, was seconded
by Alton Tucker, and the vote
was unanimous. At the time
only three
were at the meeting- byrd,
Tucker and Dr. V.W. McEver.
insurance from Haas and
Dodd of Atlanta at a price of
$1,593 for Council and j_m
ployees, with an additionavtee
of SI,OBO to cover the Police
Department. The total yearly
price would be $2,673.
Henry Casey seconded
Scarborough’s motion but
after discussion as to whether
or not the policy had any
retroactive measures, the
Council acted on a motion by
Alton Hardy to table Scar
borough’s motion. Hardy said
he “would like to hear on the
retroactive before my vote.”
Upon voting the motion made
by Scarborough was tabled by
a 5-1 count, Scarborough
casting a dissenting ballot.
getting change for a ten dollar
bill. Then one seized cash and
all fled.
Dennard said he had a
subject in custody. At press
lime no charges had been
filed. An
amount of cash was takafi in
the robbery.