Newspaper Page Text
|SSK WBr*‘ , . jf' hT'lh ni ■ |P'
*~«?SpT'; : " *r ! '■ ;, .■*' *■ "■,. * *w- ' v ?3MMC
The Perry Fire Department assembles prior to
Monday night’s fire prevention demonstration at
Perry High School. Left to right, front row, are:
Randy Bozeman, Henry Arnold, Jim Moody,
Herschel Lawhorn, George Bramblett, Shorty
Pennington, Fire Chief Sirah Lawhorn, and Earl
No Action Token Yet
Council Looking Into
Electric Cars For City
The City of Perry is
eyeing possibilities of
purchasing electric Citi
cars for some of its
operations. Mayor James
McKinley unearthed the
possibilities Tuesday night
when he told several
persons at the Council
meeting "no action will be
taken tonight on possible
purchase of electric cars
by the City."
The Home Journal has
learned that McKinley and
probably other city of
trials feel that utilization
of the electric autos could
be beneficial to the tax
payers. The cars are two
passenger sized, and run
on electric batteries.
In other activity at
Tuesday night's Council
meeting, Councilwoman
Barbara Calhoun read
aloud several different
sealed bids on four dis
ferent city requests for
bids. First was for an
addressograph and
graphotype- both of which
ety in delapidated con
dition and out of use. Only
one bid from Thomas
Mann of Macon of $275,
was evidenced.
Mrs. Calhoun moved to
accept Mann's bid. The
vote was unanimous. Also
in the deal are a 12 drawer
and a 6 drawer cabinet,
both of which hold stencils
for the two ancient
machines.
Three sealed bids were
received on a piece of city
property at the in
tersection of Spring and
Commerce Streets. The
triangular property drew
bids of: $2,250 from Harold
Hackney, $3,501 from
Larry Brannen, and $3,550
from Charles H. Andrew.
The property adjoins
land already belonging to
Andrew. The Council voted
to accept the high bid.
A second piece of
property, immediately
adjacent to the first, was
also sold. It fronts on
Spring Street. Bids were
received: of $650 from
Thomas Felton, $450 from
Douglas Rag in, and of $250
from Mrs. Bernice Gar
man. Again, Council voted
to accept high bid.
The final set of bids read
aloud by Mrs. Calhoun
were for the City to pur
chase a new front end
Ministers Assn.
Names Officers
The Perry Area
Ministerial Association
met Monday and elected
new officers for the year.
First Baptist Church
minister Rev. Dan Ariail
was elected president and
Perry Presbyterian
QVurch minister Rev. Jim
Srewart was named
secretary.
The ministers made
plans tor a community
Thanksgiving service to be
held on Nov. 26 at the St.
Patrick's Catholic Church
with Rev. Stewart bringing
the sermon. More details
on this service will be
announced at a later date.
loader for the city landfill.
Bids were received from:
Case of Perry, Forest
Services of Macon,
TriState Tractor of Macon,
Carlton of Albany, and
Road Machinery of Macon.
Due to the complexity of
the bids, which ranged
from $21,112 up to $35,630,
Dirt-Moving Law Must
Be Set Up By County
Area Soil Con
servationist Drew Bynum
told the Houston County
Commission that by July 1,
1977, the county MUST by
state law pass an or
dinance requiring permits
to be obtained anytime
anyone "moves dirt in the
county." Bynum was
present at the Commission
meeting to advise on the
county's responsibilities in
dam construction by
private persons.
In relation to the dirt
moving permit, Bynum
said the county board has
to set up a Land Use Or
dinance requiring ob
taining of a permit. He said
the ordinance demand was
aimed "primarily at
developers, but probably
will sooner or later include
farmers too."
Another piece of
legislation, federal in
nature, is a permit
program operated by the
Army Corps of Engineers
that says it is "designed to
protect and improve water
quality of all streams in
the United States".
According to a news
release on the program,
the Corps of Engineers
"now has responsibility for
regulating the disposal of
dredged or fill material not
only in coastal marshlands
and saltbrackish wetlands
but also in INLAND waters
and ADJACENT FRESH
WATER wetlands."
New Books At
Perry Library
Books presented by
Indian Creek Wildlife Club
to the Perry-Houston
County Public Library in
memory of Robert Jones
are as follows:
Jaybirds go to Hell on
Friday; and other stories,
by Havilah Babcock
May Health is Better in
November, by Havilah
Babcock
Treasury of Big Game
Animals, by Erwin Bauer
How to Bag the Biggest
Buck of Your Life, by
Peter Miller
The Everglades, by
Archie Carr
Complete Book of Deer
Sellars. Left to right, standing, are: Thomas
Arnold, Johnny Langston, Paul King, Gary
Hamlin. Charlie Hayes, Fred Martin, John
Tyndol, Larry Bennett, Harris Mclntyre, and
Earl Green. Not pictured are Smokey Wells and
Jim Pennington, as well as Chris Allen.
depending upon trade-in
and equipment, Mrs.
Calhoun moved to reserve
a decision until the public
works committee and
sanitation committee can
assemble and study the
bids. Her suggestion was
agreed upon by the
Council.
After July 1, 1977, the
Crops will have authority
under the Federal Water
Pollution Control Act over
ALL waters of the entire
United States. "Any
dredging or filling activity
in any waterway or
wetland will require a
permit in advance of
beginning the work."
Some say that the act is
all encompassing that any
time a farmer wants to
build a drainage or
irrigation ditch, totally on
his own property, he will
have to get a permit.
In other Commission
activity, a one year ex
tension of a mobile home
"hardship" permit out of
zone for Elaine Stewart on
Smithville Church Road
was approved. The trailer
houses Mrs. Stewart's
elderly mother.
In other activity the
Commission received
copies of an annual audit of
county governmental
operations, performed by
the auditing firm of
Hansford, Butler,
Williams, and Wyche of
Macon. Present at the
meeting was Harris
Williams, a partner in the
firm.
An interesting footnote
to the meeting came when
County Commission
Chairman Charles Carter
called another of the
county's increasingly
frequent "executive
Hunting, by Byron
Dalrymple
Shots at Whitetails, by
Lawrence Koller
Hunting Rifle, by Jack
O'Connor
Fishing Moments of
Truth, by Eric Peper
Hunting Moments of
Truth, by Eric Peper
Backcountry camping,
by Bill Riviere
Old Man and the Boy, by
Robert Ruark
Hunting in America, by
Charles Waterman
Seven Volumes of the
American Sportsman, by
Jerry Mason
Asked what kind of
equipment was to be
purchased, Mrs. Calhoun
stated, "It is a trash cover
upper and all that good
stuff." The machine can be
used for covering up
refuse, hauling dirt, or
compacting either dirt or
trash.
sessions" barred to the
news media and public in
order to discuss something
with the auditors. Carter
said "no action was taken"
and his only comment was
that the discussion
revolved around "certain
accounting procedures
that may be implemented
in the future."
Situation Remedied
Civil Defense
Endangered
Houston County Civil
Defense Director Ed
Wagnon Tuesday told the
County Commission that
his department MUST
purchase some rescue
equipment, or face danger
of losing its state license,
which expires on January 1
of next year. He said if the
license is not renewed,
then the county will no
longer receive state fun
ding.
Wagnon explained that
the equipment was to be
placed in a rescue van for
the Civil Defense. The
equipment has been
scheduled for purchase
since 1973, but in 1973, and
last year the county ap
plied for federal funds to
match local funding to
reduce its costs.
But federal funding
priorities are now geared
toward communications
equipment. Alarmed by
the news, the Com
missioners quickly agreed
to authorize Wagnon and
Purchasing Agent Miller
Heath to seek bids for the
equipment.
In related events,
Wagnon said he had talked
with state CD Director Bill
Clack about the status of
the Warner Robins Civil
Defense unit, Two weeks
ago the county learned that
Bazaar Cor
REMEMBER. The P
sponsoring an arts and
October 25, at Ochlaha
doors will be opened to bi
10 A M. to 6 P.M,
Files Suit Against County
Houston Prison Inmate
Says Jail Too Costly
A Houston County
resident, now serving time
at the state prison In
Reidsville, has filed a civil
suit against three Houston
County Commissioners
and Sherift Cullen Talton.
Stan Wellons, the inmate,
charges in the suit that the
three Commissioners and
Talton, In effect, spent too
much money to build the
new County Jail-
Correctional Institution on
Kings Chapel Road in
Perry.
Instead of asking for a
cash settlement in the
case, as is customary,
Wellons instead asked:
"that Plaintiff (Wellons)
be immediately returned
and held in Houston
County; that this court
(Houston Superior Court)
grant an immediate
hearing in this matter;
that Plaintiff be given
freedom of movement in
the county at large to
review, research and in
spect these buildings,
plans of and all records."
Wellons also asked:
"that he be given the ways
and means to carry out
such inspections; that he
be given full and complete
assistance of all in regards
to such inspections; and
that this court will issue
subpoenas as to provide
Plaintiff complete right of
inspection to all records, of
certain firms and persons;
relating to this project, as
well as the defendant's
personal records and the
records of the Houston
County Sheriff's Depart
ment."
Finally Wellons asks:
"That upon complete in
spection of this entire
project and the defen
dants, Plaintiff be allowed
to make a full and com
plete report to this court
and that this court take
whatever actions on the
defendants it deems
proper."
the Robins unit would no
longer be federally funded,
due to a funds cutback on
the federal levej.
But Wagnon said Clack
told him the state would
continue to recognize the
Warner Robins CD unit as
long as that city funds it.
He added, "As long as the
Warner Robins unit is
accepted, we (the county
unit) have to be asked
before we can go in there."
Disgruntled, Com
missioner V.W. McEver
said, "That means a
duplication of services. It
is a needless expense (for
Warner Robins tax
payers). I guess Warner
Robins has a surplus of
funds!"
McEver obviously
referred to the fact that
Warner Robins city budget
requests are 1.1 million
dollars over city an
ticipated revenue. But the
Warner Robins Council is
still considering continuing
its funding of its own CD
unit,
However, Councilman
Homer J, Walker of
Warner Robins advocates
the city abolish its unit. He
said Tuesday that the city
should dispose of its unit,
but no action was taken by
the Robins Council on his
proposal.
ming Soon
Pilot Club of Perry is
crafts bazaar Saturday,
atchee Club House. The
myers and browsers from
Wellons filed a "paupers
affidavit" with his suit,
saying he Is without any
available means of
financial support with
which to defray costs of the
proceedings.
The suit itself makes
several charges, both of a
general and a specific
nature. It charges that
"certain money received
from time to time is open
to question. Such is the
case of a federal grant of
some $650,000." The suit
refers to the revenue
sharing funds received by
Houston County from the
federal government, which
were used to construct the
jail and correctional in
stitution.
The suit is filed against:
Sheriff Cullen Talton,
Commissioner Charles
Carter, Commissioner
Alton Tucker and Com
missioner Steve Byrd. For
some reason Com
missioners Frank Rozar
and V.W. McEver were not
included in the suit, which
was filed in Houston
Superior Court with Clerk
Tommie Hunt.
The jail and HCCI were
built by using prison labor.
Costs were about SBOO,OOO
in materials and super
vision. Contractor was
Charlie Franklin. Ar
chitect was Henry Corsini.
Wellons charges that the
walls of the complex are
made of "a brick classified
as seconds" and says the
"buildings are of poor
design and do not agree
with the fee charged for
such design."
He further alleges that
the per square foot cost of
$40.00 is too high, "with the
standard building cost of a
full contract (including
: I
HRS
, ;' > ' W ' y WfM
mm Wm
Flames
Light Up
Perry
Darkness
HOUSTON HOME JOURNAL THURS., OCT. 9, 1975,
labor) running only some
twenty ($20.00) per square
foot. He alleges that
Franklin was "a
figurehead", answering to
the defendants.
The suit specifically
charges that Byrd Septic
Tank of Warner Robins,
owned by Commissioner
Byrd, Installed the septic
tank system for the
complex. It also says
"certain fencing was In
stalled by a certain
Warner Robins firm” and
alleges that Byrd is
"associated with the fence
company."
Finally, Wellons charged
that Sheriff Talton "was
elected by the people of
Houston County with his
statements of reduced
spending and lowering
crime. That since his
\CcmmAJuut(p\
\C&ji&n£Uut^
St. Christopher’s Episcopal Young Churchmen
will hold a Garage Sale Saturday, October 11,
from 8 A.M. to 5 P.M. at 1406 E. Tolleson St.
The Perry Business Women’s Club will meet at
7:30 P.M. on Thursday evening, Oct. 9, at
Ochlahatchee Club House. All members are urged
to be present.
CYF of Kings Chapel CME Church will present
a “Do It Yourself” program Sunday, Oct. 12, at 4
P.M. as announced by Kenneth Hudson. Everyone
is invited to attend this program.
Young Democrats of Houston County will meet
Tuesday, Oct. 14,1975, at 7 P.M. at Belk-Matthews
in Houston Mall, Warner Robins. State Rep. Larry
Walker will be guest speaker.
The vivid sight of flames reaching sixty feet into
the night air Monday night at Perry High School
capped the fire prevention demonstration held by
the Perry Fire Department. The flames were
caused by gasoline furnished through a “tree” by
Greene's Propane Gas. The white-hot heat
produced startled the crowd of 200 who were in
attendance. Other parts of the demonstration
included: a fire prevention series of films;
rescuing a man from a burning building; putting
out a car fire: and appearances by the county
Civil Defense, and fire volunteer units from
Bonaire, Henderson, Hayneville, Centerville, and
Elberta. Also present was the county Forestry
Unit.
PAGE 3-A
election his budget has
more than doubled, and
crime has increased."
Comments by the
Commissioners and Talton
were few, but Talton did
say "crime has not in
creased, but apprehension
of criminals has in
creased." He further
stated Tuesday afternoon,
"I think some people down
at Reidsville need to be
informed that there are
two other Commissioners
in this county."
The Commissioners
defended their actions in
connection with con
struction of the jail and
correctional institution,
and claimed that instead of
spending too much, that in
reality they had a $1.5
million complex for
SBOO,OOO.