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County's Mobile Home
Policy " Disastrous"
Dear Mr. Branch:
I commend you for your
continued responsible
reporting-in this instance,
Mr. Joe Hiett’s analysis,
“Mobile Home Placement
‘Thorny’ County Problem”.
Houston County homeowners
are fortunate to have a source
of information on political
actions that adversely affect
the beauty and value of their
homes through the recent
approvals by the Commission
%(or the placement of mobile
homes in subdivisions that are
protected by restrictive
covenants.
Even “temporary”
placements of mobile homes
can prove disastrous to a
homeowner who is faced with
the necessity of selling his
home. The theft of building
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From The Home Journal Files
ONE YEAR AGO
JUNE 6, 1974 - J.M. “Buddy”
Tolleson, Jr., was elected President
of the Southern Forest Products
Association, a group of lumber
manufacturers in 12 Southern states.
Tolleson is an owner of Tolleson
Lumber of Perry—J. Malcom Reese,
President of Security Federal, was
appointed to the 1974 Legislative
committee of the U.S. League of
Savings and Loan Association —State
Representative Larry Walker an
nounced that Perry would receive a
$63,500 grant from the State Depart
ment of Transportation for resur
facing 17 Perry streets—A petition
drive in Warner Robins, to try to set
up a referendum to move the county
seat, appeared to be losing
fmomentum, far short of the 9,100
signatures needed—County Clerk
Sonny Watson was given a leave of
absence by the County Commission to
run for Vince Moyer’s State
Legislature post.
FIVE YEARS AGO
JUNE 4,1970 - City Council voted to
call a special referendum to let Perry
voters determine whether or not they
want the city to build a public library.
A bond issue of SIOO-150,000 would
probably be needed—The County
Commission agreed to pay six funeral
home directors $1,500 per month to
continue to furnish ambulance ser
vice until November 1. The Hospital
Authority was to take over operation
with a federal grant expected—
The Perry Chamber of Commerce
was to sponsor a live television
special- the Miss Central Georgia
pageant- on August 22—A rock
festival was planned for Byron’s
Middle Georgia Raceway over the
July 4th weekend, with crowds of at
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materials possibility does not
justify the loss sustained by
the homeowner who suddenly
is confronted with a mobile
home across the street or next
door. The mobile home
resident-builder is protected
by insurance to cover any loss
of materials at a building site,
plus night lights; and only few
people expect to be able to
save rent money by living
where they are building. But
the homeowner who paid a
high price for a homesite to
guard against property
depreciation and then built an
expensive home finds himself
in a dilemma, and a costly
one.
Many homeowners may be
resting securely on the
assumption that they can
obtain enforcement of their
least 100,000 expected. HHJ Publisher
Bobby Branch, in an editorial, was
skeptical, and disturbed over
possibilities of distribution of “hard”
drugs.
TEN YEARS AGO
JUNE 3,1965 - A committee of 1,000
for the moment dropped plans to build
and open a private school in Perry in
1965 but said they would continue to
work toward the probject—Perry
High’s Panthers dropped a twinbill to
the Americus baseball team. The
'losses meant Americus was Class A
baseball champions over Perry-
Plans for the “Perry-Houston County
Hospital” were moving “right
along”, with a site to be chosen in the
next few days—Miss Linda Tabor of
Perry was chosen the outstanding
senior at Mercer University com
mencement exercises.
FIFTEEN YEARS AGO
JUNE 2,1960 - Houston County was
the 19th largest county in Georgia in
the 1960 census, up from 40th place in
1950—Appraisers began setting
values on Houston County land
needed for rights-of-way for 1-75.
Sixty nine parcels of land were in
volved. The appraisers said they
hoped contracts could be let on
construction of 1-75 from the Florida
line to Macon within a year—Eight
fires in Houston County destroyed
forty acres of property, mostly in
upper Houston County. The Forestry
Commission warned that their offices
must, by state law, be contacted if
outside fires were to be set—At the
Muse Theatre, Kirk Douglas was
blazing away at Anthony Quinn in
“Last Train From Gun Hill”, a run of
the mill western.
restrictive covenants. This is
not an easy thing to do, nor an
affordable avenue for most
people. I hope Mr. Hiett will
continue his analysis on this
subject and report on the
procedure and attorney costs
involved in enforcing
adherance to restrictive
covenants, in the absence of a
small-claims court remedy.
Also, it would be interesting
Little League For
Boys Or Coaches ?
Dear Editor:
Baseball season for Little
League is here again at
to know how the land
developers and real estate
company executives feel
about the Commissioners’
actions, which could cause
purchasers to balk at paying
higher prices for land that in
reality is not protected insofar
as land use.
I wonder if there has been
an instance of an approval for
placement of a mobile home
adjacent to a commissioner’s
home, or worse yet near a
commissioner who is trying to
sell his home without taking
a loss. And, has
anyone checked to deter
mine what happens if the
“temporary” mobile home
builder resident has not
completed his house by the
end of one year. I suggest that
in considering placement of
mobile homes due to “hard
ship", that, first, the Com
mission determine the
“hardship” imposed on the
existing homeowner who
bought with faith in the
restrictive covenants and
sound ordinances.
The Houston Home Journal
Tolleson Field. Boys in age
groups 9 thru 13 are en
couraged to join the league
and take a chance on playing.
Some things they can look
forward to are:
1. Being yelled at un
mercifully by some coaches.
2. Keeping the bench warm
since only nine can play and
on some teams, this is all that
the coach needs.
3. Show up for practice, but
don’t expect to do much unless
you are one of the nine
selected to play. (This is
regardless of how good or bad
you play.)
Opening game saw a score
of 21 to 4. With a 17 run margin
it is inconceivable that a coach
would not let every boy play.
But there were four whOi
stayed on the bench and were
never out of the dugout! The
losing team played every boy,
field and bat.
Is Little League Baseball in
Perry meant to make a coach
look good? Does running up a
big score inflate his ego?
In past years, I managed
little league teams and we
were more interested in
teaching boys how to play and
exercise good sportsmanship,
win or lose. Not necessarily so
in this league.
To the Little League
Baseball Commissioner and
any concerned parents. Why
not have a rule that all boys
play, one inning in field and
one time at bat per game? If
such a rule is not made soon,
together with some other
changes, boys are going to
quit all together.
Interest shown in past years
is on the decline. Last year,
cuts had to be made to get a
specific number on each team.
This year, it was not known if
that number would be reached
on each team. I wonder why.
Since my son is still on a
team and that there is a rare
chance that he may play
sometime, I ask that my name
be withheld and sign this letter
Disgusted
(name and address
withheld by special
request)
is to be complimented for its
editor’s non-political stand
and editorial talent and for a
reporter of Mr. Hiett's ability
Why Did County Buy
Cars From Newnan ?
Dear Mr. Branch:
As concerned citizens of
Houston County, we have a
request to make.
It is our understanding that
you have a representative “sit
in” at the meetings of the
Houston County Com
missioners.
If this is the case, will you
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It was a good week of en
tertainment for me. I saw a
good art exhibit and a fairly
good movie. I also played
bridge and went to the Idaka
Club party. Those latter two
are also good entertainment. 1
especially like to play bridge
and was pleased to find when I
moved here that Perryans are
bridge enthusiasts too.
The Art Show was at The
Bank of Perry this past
weekend and was a demon
stration of painting by
members of the Perry Art
Club. Now I am not in any
sense of the word an expert on
Art. I just know what I like
and what is pleasing to my
eye. In this way we are all art
critics. I was very much
impressed with the range and
number of talented artists that
we do have in the Middle
Georgia area.
Thera were paintings that I
would like to have in my
home. I have selected five to
discuss here. The most im
pressive to me was a water
color by Gloria Ragland en
titled “The Forgotten Place”.
The emotion of the forgotten
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Sincerely,
(Name withheld by
request)
kindly inform the citizens of
this county what discussion
took place at a recent meeting
where a bid on two 1975
automobiles was accepted
from an automobile dealer in
NEWNAN, GEORGIA.
We cannot understand how
our commissioners could do
such a thing. The dealer in
homestead was completely
conveyed in the barren land
scape and the rotting building.
1 also liked Betty Fesmire’s
pastel painting of “The
Hermit". 1 probably heard
more people talking about this
picture at the exhibit than any
other. I do not know where she
got her inspiration for the
picture but the soft focus and
the muted use of pastels made
the “Hermit” seem alive at
the viewing.
Betty James had a picture
on display which was not titled
but was a picture of gourds. It
didn’t convey any message
but the colors of brown and
black made it distinctively
impressive. On the other
extreme, Bill Purser’s “Rainy
Day” caught the eye with his
use of brilliant colors for the
umbrellas. Also adding to the
show of skill was the shim
mering effect of the rain on
the streets. Lastly, I liked Ray
Mim’s “Country Church”. It
had color and beauty and drew
your attention.
I would like to congratulate
the Perry Art Club on the
exhibit. I am sure that
HOUSTON HOME JOURNAL THURS., JUNE 5. 1975,
Newnan certainly does not
pay any tax in this county, nor
does he have employees who
live, work, and pay tax in this
county.
We can appreciate the
commissioners' concern with
saving the taxpayers money
wherever possible, but going
WAY out of the county to
make purchases such as this is
not the way to make friands,
influence enemies, or be re
elected by the citizenry.
We’d appreciate your
printing, for your readers, any
information you are able to
obtain and your comments on
the actions of the county
commissioners in this
situation.
Sincerely,
“CONCERNED
CITIZENS"
everyone who attended was
pleased. If you missed it,
maybe it won’t be too long
before we have another.
The movie I saw this past
week was “Mandingo”. It was
a true film adaptation of the
book which was full of gore
and sex. If there is a triple X
rating, then this should have
been triple R. Not bad enough
for X, but way ahead of most
R rated film. I would think
that the film would be a bigger
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success overseas than here
because of the poor picture it
paints of America and
especially the South. Every
cliche that you ever heard
about slavery is there on the
screen. The intent of the film
seems to be to polarize blacks
and whites again and the film
if successful could set race
relations back a hundred
years.
Starring in the movie are
James Mason, Perry King,
Susan George, Brenda Sykes
and Ken Norton. They are all
believable in their roles. Ms.
George is especially good in
her role of Blanche, the
mistress of Falconhurst. She
is the element that brings
about the downfall of all in
volved in life on the plan
tation. Maybe some aspects of
this film are true to the way
life was in the past, but it
certainly seems that the
producers of this film used
every excuse for violence and
sensationalism to tell their
story. Os course, that is the
way the book was and it was a
fantastic success. The movie
undoubtedly will follow in its
footsteps. Production has
already begun on “Drum”,
the first sequel.
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The Houston
Home Journal
PERRY, GEORGIA 31089
VOL. 105 NO. 23
The Houston Home Journal
is published every Thursday
by The Houston Home Journal,
Inc. Entered at the Post Office
at Perry, Georgia, as second
class mail matter, under the
Act of March 3, 1879. Second
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