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The Houston Home Journal
Published Every Thursday At Perry Georgia’s Real Welcome Center
VOL. 105 NO. 20 PERRY. HOUSTON COUNTY, GEORGIA. THURSDAY. MAY 15, 1975 26 PAGES
$1.3 Million Left Over
Houston School System
Has A Budget Surplus
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The Houston County Board
of Education is nearing the
completion of a tentative
operating budget for the 1975-
76 school year. Tuesday af
ternoon they heard finance
assistant superintendent
Seabie Hickson explain steps
already accomplished in the
establishment of the school
system’s monetary needs.
Hickson stated that the
preliminary budget plans
would result in the average
Houston County public school
teacher earning $10,330 next
year. This is a seven percent
raise from last year. A
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Home Journal
Street Beat
MRS. FRANK RUSSO:
I think it was terrible.
Every town needs a
hospital. I’ve been
through emergencies
when we’ve had to use
the Fort Valley and
Macon hospitals...
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WAYNE BEFORE:
Ridiculous. In the first
place what business has
a group of doctors who
don’t even live in the
community or un
derstand its size have to
try to tell us our
business? With the
service area of the
Perry Hospital so
large...
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GARY ASHLEY: I
think it was a bad idea.
Deep down, it should be
unheard of.
teacher beginning a career
starts at a salary of $8,400,
according to Superintendent
David Perdue.
Hickson said he has “asked
for input from teachers and
parents. We sure got it!
Almost every school is calling
for an update of its painting
schedule, for instance. They
didn’t hold back. But a lot of
the instructional equipment
wanted, we can already
supply.”
Hickson said a special board
meeting would be needed
“very soon” to look at in
dividualized school requests.
QUESTION:
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What do you
think about the
recent proposal
by a group of
Warner Robins
doctors to
close the
Perry Hospital?
MRS. H.A. HERNDON:
I don’t think they
thought it through.
Ridiculous. How many
years have we paid for
their hospital?
Somebody was just not
thinking.
MINNIE MAE BUR
DEN: I think it was
awful. We need a
hospital... and more
doctors. We’ve used the
Perry Hospital and it is
a good one.
He said at the June board
meeting, a tentative school
budget would be placed for
advertisement in the Home
Journal. The budget and
millage rate must be
established by early July.
Hickson earlier in the day
gave a current fiscal report,
that indicated a year end
balance of 1.3 million dollars
was possible. Os course, the
school system this year
received $900,929 in “un
budgeted’’ federal IMPACT
funding. He explained that the
unexpected funds were for
“B” children- children of civil
service employees at Robins
Air Force Base. IMPACT
Kell wood Gets
Top Sears Award
Employees and
management of the Kellwood
Company, Georgia Decor
Division, Perry Plant, will be
GIDA To
Meet Here
The Georgia Industrial
Developer’s Association will
hold their regular monthly
meeting in Perry, at the Pabst
Brewery, on Monday, June 9.
The GIDA is made up of 270
Georgians from industry,
banking, business, utilities,
railroads and industrial
development organizations,
all interested in the
development of existing and
new industry in Georgia.
Elwyn McKinney, executive
vice president of the Perry
i Area Chamber of Commerce
and a member of the GIDA,
will host the meeting here.
McKinney said this is the first
time since he has been a
member that the meeting has
been held outside of Atlanta.
McKinney also noted that
McKibben Lane, who owns the
Perry Industrial Park, has
recently joined the group as a
member.
The group will tour the
Pabst plant and have lunch at
the brewery. In the afternoon,
the industrial developers will
play golf and tennis at
Houston Lake Country Club,
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Folse Hospital
| Rumors Persist
Houston County Hospital Authority Chairman
Sherrill Stafford in a Friday statement reiterated
that the Perry Hospital will not close. Speaking in
Centerville to an HHJ reporter, Stafford said he
was aware rumors were still circulating that the
facility still might shut its doors.
Stafford strongly stated, “There have been no
plans -- are no plans -- and I don’t anticipate any
plans to close Perry Hospital. We have not even
considered such a move as a board. It has never
even been officially discussed.”
He added, “There is and will continue to be an
evaluation being made of ways to concentrate the
i efficiency of BOTH hospitals- Perry and the one in
i Warner Robins. Anything that we can do to im
’ prove the efficiency and maintain good patient
- care, we certainly want to do.”
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funds are meant to partially
replace tax funds lost because
federal property cannot be
taxed.
One department budget
almost sure to exceed
predictions, according to
Hickson, is Maintenance and
Operation. But he said this
was because of un budgeted
abnormal increases in utility
costs and gasoline costs.
Hickson said the $1,300,000
ending balance “sounds big”,
but explained that it
represents only a ten (10) day
operating cushion. The school
year consists of 180 days, and
the total budget is over
$13,000,000.
honored Wednesday, May 21,
1975, by Sears, Roebuck and
Company. The Perry Plant
manufactures bedspreads,
draperies and bedroom en
semble for Sears.
Mr. David Chapman,
Perry Plant Manager, stated
that Mr. R.E. Williams of
Chicago, a Sears national
buyer, will present the Sears
“Symbol of Excellence’’
plaque during a luncheon held
at the plant. The plaque will be
accepted by Audrey
Holderfield on behalf of the
entire Perry Plant.
The award is one of 379 that
Sears will present this year to
suppliers judged most out
standing among its 12,000
major merchandising sour
ces. The Perry Plant also
received the award in 1968,
1972, 1973 and 1974.
This award is based
primarily on the excellence of
merchandise produced by
Kellwood for Sears during the
past year. It also recognizes
the general excellence of
Perry’s performance in such
matters as shipping goods on
schedule, and initiative in
developing new and improved
merchandise.
The award is Sears’ salute
to those suppliers who have,
through their excellence,
made contributions to the
Sears reputation for quality
merchandise. It also
recognizes the contribution of
each employee for their
contribution to the superior
performance of the plant.
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Commissioner Visits Perry
Georgia Commissioner of Agriculture was the
guest speaker at the Perry Kiwanis Club Tuesday
at the New Perry Hotel. Greeting the Com
missioner are, from left, State Representative
Agriculture Commissioner States
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Houston s Fire Ants
May Get Eradicated
Houston County may “get
under the wire” in one of the
last programs to control fire
ants, according to a statement
made by Georgia Agriculture
Commissioner Tommy Irvin
speaking at the Tuesday
meeting of the Perry Kiwanis
Club at the New Perry Hotel.
“We have been waging a
long battle against the fire
ants for several years,” Irvin
told the Kiwanians, "but as
you know, U.S. Agriculture
Secretary Earl Butz has put a
stop to the program using the
excuse that the En
vironmental Protection
Agency has said the poison
used against fire ants (mirex)
is harmful to the environment.
I strongly disagree with Mr.
Butz over this and we are
trying to do something about
it.”
Commissioner Irvin said the
fire ants pose a serious
problem in many Georgia
counties including Houston to
crops and livestock He said
the large volume of mail
pouring into his office about
the fire ant problem in
Georgia is running 99 percent
in favor of continuing a
program to eradicate the fire
ants.
“I am convinced mirex is
injurious only to fire ants and I
have not seen any proof
otherwise,” the Commissioner
stated “You know, I am all in
favor of protecting the en
vironment but some of these
environmentalists would do
away with all pesticides and
herbicides if they had their
way and it wouldn't be long
before all the farmers were
out of business and the
country would be starving to
death.”
Touching on another sub
ject, Irvin said he looks for
ward to a good crop year in
Houston County. He noted that
Houston is one of Georgia's
lop agriculture counties and
that the soybean crop here this
year should be a good one.
Commissioner Irvin war
ned, however, that Georgia
farmers have been stricken
hardest by inflation and that
at the present there is much
uncertainty among farmers,
He blasted President Gerald
Suspect Nabbed In
Perry Armed Robbery
The Houston County
Sheriff’s department said late
Tuesday afternoon that a
suspect was in custody in New
Jersey in connection with the
February 15 armed robbery of
Grant City. Detective Larry
Snellgrove said, “The suspect
was tracked down and taken
into custody by New Jersey
lawmen last Friday. We have
warrants for his arrest and
may go to New Jersey to pick
Presbyterians Name Pastor
The Reverend James H.
Stewart took the pulpit last
Sunday as the new pastor of
The Perry Presbyterian
Church. He was officially
charged with his duties by
officials of the Central
Georgia Presbytery at the
evening worship service last
Sunday, A reception for the
new minister and his family
was held after the services.
Rev Stewart is a native of
Greensboro, Ga. He is a
graduate of Greensboro High
School and received a B.S,
degree from the University of
Georgia. While at the
university, Rev. Stewart was
elected to “Who’s Who Among
Students in American Colleges
and Universities”. He was
selected to Phi Beta Kappa
Larry Walker of Perry, Irvin, former State
Representative D.C. “Pete” Peterson of Kathleen
and Houston County Extension Agent Emmet
Whelchel.
Ford for his veto of the
"Emergency Farm Bill” last
week saying that the bill
would have given farmers
some assurance of price
supports and encouraged
them to work hard toward a
him up late this week.”
Snellgrove and Perry Police
Detective Eddie Findley
collaborated in the in
vestigation. Grant City
manager Don Simmons on the
Sunday morning of the rob
bery opened up, to discover
the robber already in the
store. The thief at gunpoint
took cash from the store safe
and fled in Simmons’ auto.
The auto was later
and Phi Kappa Phi honorary
scholastic societies.
Rev. Stewart served 4 years
on the staff of “Campus
Crusade For Christ”. He
graduated from Reformed
Theological Seminary in
Jackson, Miss., with a
Master’s Divinity Degree. He
also appeared in the 1972
editon of “Outstanding Young
Men of America”.
Rev. Stewart was ordained
as a minister in the
Presbyterian Church in
America in November of 1973.
Before coming to Perry, he
served as assistant pastor at
the Fifth St. Presbyterian
Church in Tyler, Texas, for 3
years.
He is married to the former
Sue Ann Treloar of Raymond,
Miss They have one child,
‘‘bumper crop” this summer.
Irvin was introduced by
former State Representative
D.C. “Pete” Peterson,
program chairman for the
meeting.
recovered at a short order
restaurant on Rocky Creek
Road in Macon. The thief
while in Grant City had ap
parently “made himself at
home”, possibly having
shaved off a heavy beard. He
allegedly cooked himself
hotdogs at the store
restaurant.
Snellgrove said the suspect
would be charged with
burglary, armed robbery, and
theft of a motor vehicle.
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Sarah Ann, who is months
old.
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Rev, James Stewart