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700 Attend Festival
NOW Festival
Features Music
And Senator Nunn
The “No Other Way”
(NOW) Festival in Perry last
weekend fell short of the
estimated 2,000 young people
expected to attend but it was
termed a “huge success” by
I the chairman Jim Mcllrath of
the Perry United Methodist
Church. Bad weather kept
away many youth groups from
around the state who had
planned to attend the
religious-music festival but
around 700 did attend and
enjoyed themselves.
Several top musical groups
entertained and between
musical sessions the young
people held seminars and
discussion groups.
The keynote speaker for the
celebration was U.S. Senator
Sam Nunn who spoke at 2 P.M.
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VOL. 105 NO. 21 PERRY. HOUSTON COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, MAY 22, 1975 28 PAGES
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Perry Postmaster Lawrence Hunt (right)
presents a set of books to the Perry Library that
tell the complete story about all the stamps ever
issued in the United States. Looking on from left
accepting the new books are county library board
Airport Dedication Set
June 8; Nunn To Speak
Dedication ceremonies for
the Perry-Fort Valley Airport
set for Sunday, June 8,
at 2 P.M. The featured
speaker will be U.S. Senator
Sam Nunn. Cleon Moore, Fort
Valley banker, is serving as
chairman of the dedication.
The nearly $1 million ex
pansion project of the airport
is now being completed.
Already in operation is a new
100 foot wide by 5,000 feet in
length runway. The old 2,000
foot runway has been ex
panded into a 5,000 foot taxi
way. A new access road has
been built and a parking lot is
set for paving.
The new airport is governed
by the Perry-Fort Valley
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Saturday. Sen. Nunn told the
group, “It is time to stop
talking about bad news and
start thinking and acting
about the good things of our
country.”
Sen. Nunn said, "The world
looks brighter now and there
are many good things about
our nation.”
Directing his unprepared
remarks at the Cambodian
seizure of a U.S. merchant
ship, Nunn said, “We all have
been praying for the right kind
of decision from the President
and we had that this week. The
situation was met in a very
successful way and let us be
grateful to God today for that
and for our nation.”
Sen. Nunn urged the young
people to bring America back
to the foundations of religion.
Airport Authority, made up of
members from Perry and
Fort Valley and from Houston
and Peach Counties. Pete
Peterson of Fort Valley is
chairman of the Authority.
Other members from Fort
Valley are Mayor Paul
Reehling, Cleon Moore,
Bennett Rigdon, Bob Mc-
Clendon and Peach County
Commission Chairman
Donnie Doles. Perry members
are Mayor James O.
McKinley, Vice Chairman;
Robert M. Richardson,
Secretary- Treasurer;
Councilman Henry Casey,
Airport Manager Jim Brown,
Attorney Tom Daniel, Dr.
William R. Jerles, Hugh
“Washington is beginning to
realize the there is no other
way to solve its problems than
to turn back to God.”
The Senator also told the
group about a group of 30 U.S.
Senators who meet early each
Wednesday morning for a
prayer breakfast. Senator
Nunn said he is a member of
the group and that the weekly
get together has had a
meaningful spiritual influence
on him and his work in
Washington.
The NOW Festival was
conducted by a group of young
people and adult volunteers
from several Perry churches.
Officials of NOW hope the
festival last weekend will be
the first of an annual
program.
member Cohen Walker and county library
director Warren Phillips. The books are in
teresting for stamp collectors and to those who
want to learn more about stamps. Copies of the
books are also on sale at the Perry Post Office.
Brazell and Houston County
Commission Chairman
Charles Carter.
Jim Brown, manager of the
airport, announced this week
that a special military aircraft
display will be part of many
activities being planned for
the dedication. He said that
along with local elected of
ficials, Gov. George Bus bee
has been invited to attend the
dedication.
Set vices offered at the
airport include flight in
struction by Brown. Brown
has trained more than 400
pilots since 1968 and himself
has more than 10,000 hours of
flying time. He is rated as one
of the top flight instructors in
U.S. Senator Sam Nunn speaks to c portion of the more
than 600 youth who attended the NOW (No Other Way)
Festival held here last weekend. Teenagers from Perry
churches and churches throughout Georgia heard the
the Southeast, Brown also has
three other flight instructors
on his staff at the airport here.
Brown said more details will
be announced at a later date
on the full program of the
dedication ceremonies on
June 8.
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Next Week
A complete run-down of the
Perry High School graduation
and honor graduates will
appear in next week’s Home
Journal. The PHS graduation
is set for next Friday, May 30.
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Mayor McKinley Sets Up
Youth Advisory Council
Mayor James O. McKinley
told The Home Journal this
week he has established a
youth advisory group in Perry
made up of 10 teenagers from
a cross-section of the com
munity. McKinley said 5
members of the group were
appointed by Perry High
School principal M.J.
(Malcolm) Marchman and 5
by Westfield headmaster
Aaron Turner.
"Will Damage Business"
Mayor Says "No"
On Motel Tax Here
Perry Mayor James 0.
McKinley said this week he is
strongly opposed to a 6 per
cent hotel-motel tax in Perry.
McKinley’s statement came in
the face of action taken
Monday night by*lhe Warner
Robins Council to impose a 6
percent tax on motel and hotel
rooms in that city. Under a bill
passed in the 1975 session of
the Georgia General
Assembly, cities can impose
such a lax by the Council
voting for it.
McKinley stated, "Perry
and Warner Rabins are not
alike We have some 1,250
rooms here in Perry and our
motels employ probably as
many as 300 people. It is our
biggest industry and I do not
think a lax should be imposed
on their customers.”
The Mayor further stated,
“We have a great deal of
repeat tourist business in
p erry and I am of the opinion
that if we impose such a tax
we might drive some of this
business to Macon, Cordele or
Forsyth. We also have a lot of
traveling salesmen who stay
in Perry on a regular basis.
We certainly would not want
Senator, held discussion groups and listened to several music
groups. Officials of NOW termed the event a success in spite
of several hundred who did not show up because of bad
weather around the state.
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McKinley explained the
purpose of the advisory group
is to meet with him on a
periodic basis to hold informal
“rap sessions” about
problems and ideas the youth
would like to pose to the
Mayor and City Council.
Mayor McKinley said, “The
purpose of me and the youth
group getting together will be
to give all present an op
portunity to speak openly and
to do anything to jeopordize
our motel business by raising
the sales tax on rooms from 3
percent to 6 percent.”
McKinley also noted that in
Warner Robins the Council
said that a portion of the taxes
will be used for promotional
purposes and placing
billboards on Interstate 75. He
pointed out that Perry now has
billboards at Valdosta and
Cartersville on 1-75 promoting
Perry tourist facilities without
any additional taxes. He said
that the motel industry might
consider adding to these
billboards a statement that
Perry does not have a hotel
motel tax.
State Representative Larry
Walker of Perry voted against
the motel tax bill in the
Legislature. He said he felt it
was unfair to single out an
industry and impose a tax. He
said he also felt the tax was
unfair at the time because of
the economic condition of the
motel industry.
At the present, there ap
pears to be no strong support
for a motel lax in Perry.
Mayor James McKinley says
he hopes it remains that way.
frankly on problems facing
our youth today with
suggested ways and means to
improve our city. I am deeply
concerned for the future of all
the youth of Perry and I
believe by giving this group
the chance to speak out with
their attitudes, concerns and
James McKinley
Ft. Valley Youth
Hamsley Murder
Suspect Caught
A Fort Valley youth wanted
for questioning in the
February 12 murder of
Hayneville resident Mrs.
Zellie Mae Hamsley has been
located in an Ohio jail, where
he is charged with two armed
robberies in Ohio. Houston
County Sheriff Cullen Talton
said late Tuesday night that
Johnny Mason, 21, of Fort
Valley is the suspect.
Talton said that Mason, who
escaped from Central State
Hospital in Milledgeville on
January 1, is presently being
held in the Clermont County,
Ohio, jail on the two armed
robbery charges with a bail of
desires, it will make for a
better understanding between
the City government and the
youth of the community.”
The group will hold their
first meeting sometime within
the next few weeks, according
to McKinley.
Those appointed from Perry
High School to the advisory
group include Cheryl Berden,
Barbara Georgia, Lee Grant,
James Hillson and David
Hobson. Westfield Schools
appointed Stephen Rodgers,
Jim O’Neal, Brenda Ransom,
Wayne Roughton and Janice
Satterfield.
Westfield’s Aaron Turner
and Perry High’s Malcolm
Marchman both endorsed the
advisory group stating that
they felt it could be an ef
fective means towards a
better understanding between
the youth of the community
and the Mayor and City
Council.
$70,000. Mason was arrested in
Ohio on April 25.
Sheriff Talton said that
Sergeant Harry Enckler and
Corporal Jerry Stewart of his
department would go to the
Ohio jail to question Mason
“in the next few days”. Ac
cording to Talton, a youth
fitting Mason’s description
was seen in the Hayneville
area the day of Mrs. Ham
sley’s slaying.
Talton further commented,
"This lead may not pan out.
But I can assure that we still
are leaving no stones unturned
in efforts to locate the per
pretrator of the crime.”
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