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A "Captive' Audience
School Board To Limit
"Selling" To Students
The Houston County
school student Is a "cap
tlve audience", according
to the school board's
reckoning, and they are
going to stringently limit
attempts by outside In
terests to use the schools
as a selling medium. At
Tuesday's Board of
Education meeting In
Perry, the board Indicated
It looks with disfavor upon
persons who seek to gain
profit from either selling
students merchandise, or
using students to sell
merchandise
School Superintendent
David Perdue commented
during discussion with the
school board Tuesday, "I
hate to see us deviate at all
from our policies We can
go too far with this thing
We've got to look after the
mommas and daddies too,
you know. The students are
a captive audience."
He said he Is almost
continually deluged with
OBITUARIES
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Last Rites Held
For TJ. Sisson
Thomas Julln Sisson
died September 29, 1975, in
Atlanta of an apparent
heart attack. He was 57
years of age. Graveside
services were held October
1 at the Bonaire cemetery
In Bonaire, Ga. Rev.
Rastus Salter and Mr.
Charles Jay otticiated.
Mr. Sisson, employed by
Riches, Inc., had resided in
Atlanta the past 30 years
having moved from
Bonaire. A graduate of
Bonaire High School and
Abraham Baldwin Ag
College of Titton, he was a
World War II veteran.
Survivors include 8
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persons who want to either
sell their wares to
students, in the schools, or
else want to encourage
school students themselves
to sell the merchandise, He
said often inducements
such as a "prize for the
school" are offered.
Board Chairman LA.
McConnell suggested the
board gather a list of all
either current or con
♦emplated fundraising
activities at the schools,
and "take a look at the
entire package " He ad
ded, "We may need to set
up parameters."
Tuesday the board dealt
with two cases of either
persons wanting to "sell"
students or wanting to use
students to sell mer
chandise. One was ap
proved, the other was
tabled. Approved after
considerable discussion
was a request by the Perry
High Band Boosters Club
to let students sell tickets
sisters: Mrs. Ardele
Finlayson and Mrs.
Darlene Blair of Bonaire,
Mrs. B.F. Vandergrift of
Warner Robins, Mrs.
Milton Lewis of Beverly
Hills, Cal., Mrs. Jimmy
Esterbrook of Albany,
Mrs. Montine Andrews of
Eastman, Mrs. John
Melton of Selma, Ala., and
Miss Yvonne Sisson of
Bonaire; 2 brothers, M E.
(Bud) Sisson of Bonaire
and Jay D. Sisson of
Miami, Fla.
McCullough Funeral
Home of Warner Robins
had charge of
arrangements.
redeemable at a local fast
food restaurant.
Assistant School
Superintendent Seabie
Hickson told the board that
George Jenkins, President
of the PHS Band Boosters,
has brought him up to date
on the organization's
plans. He said the tickets
would sell for a dollar, with
the Booster Club keeping
fifty cents of the funds
collected.
The project involves five
different schools in the
Perry area. Hickson
commented, "This kind of
thing has been going on for
years. We slowed this one
down. He could have done
the project without con
tacting us."
Hearing Hickson, board
member Hugh Brazed
moved to permit the
Booster Club to continue
with Its plans. The motion
passed unanimously.
Tabled for further study
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Card of
Thanks
Holt
The family of the late
Mrs. Eula Irene Holt would
like to thank everyone for
coming to help bear their
grief and sorrow. They
appreciate the thoughts,
cards, floral pieces,
telegrams and other acts
of kindness shown them
during their hours of grief.
DA R Chapter
Hears History
The Gen. Daniel Stewart
Chapter DAR held its Oct.
meeting at the Houston
Lake Country Club.
Mrs. Heyward Boyette,
Regent, presided over the
was a proposal by John
Owings of Hawkinsville to
Employee Insurance To
Be Bid By Commission
The Houston County
Commission received a
lesson in insurance rates
Tuesday night from Ray
Flowers of Blue Cross Blue
Shield Insurance Com
pany. Flowers was present
at the meeting on a request
by County Clerk Lamar
Brown to discuss the
county's employee
hospitalization plan.
Employee insurance
originally surfaced for
discussion about a month
ago when former county
Clerk Roy H. "Sonny”
Watson wrote the board,
seeking a cut of the in
surance pie. Watson said
his firm (he now sells
insurance with the McNeal
Agency in Warner Robins)
could offer the county a
substantial savings on
insurance rates.
Tuesday night Flowers
explained the coverage
given by Blue Cross Blue
Shield, with whom the
board presently has placed
the county employees
insurance. The basic
policy has $40.00 per day
hospital room rate
coverage, and pays
"miscellaneous" charges
in full. In addition, the
business meeting. At this
time the Executive Board
presented and the group
approved the name of Miss
Leonora Houser for
membership,
Mrs. Robert Bailey,
defence chairman,
reported on the Federal
Housing fiasco.
Mrs. Lewis B, Smythe
presented the speakers for
the afternoon, Miss Claire
Smythe and Miss Kristine
McQuaig. They spoke
inspiringly of American
Heritage and the History of
Houston County.
Prior to the meeting
delicious refreshments
were served by the
hostesses, Mrs. Lewis B.
Smythe, Mrs. E W. Bailey,
Mrs. Robert Bailey, and
Mrs. Leonard Cochran
Cord of
Thanks
Chukes
The family of the late
Mrs. Rosa Chukes wishes
to express to each of you
their sincere thanks and
appreciation for your
thoughts, visits, food,
flowers, cards and prayers
during their hours of
bereavement. God bless
and keep you.
Smokey Says:
THANKS N
Hunks for listening . . . |o thr
nuvsngf of form fir* prr'cniiim.
bring his rolling collection
of Creek Indian artifacts to
county public schools, set
up the display in a 50-foot
trailer, and charge
students fifty cents ad
mission. Owings made a
brief slide presentation to
the school board of the
contents of the trailer,
which include many
thousands of years old
artifacts such as arrow
and spearheads.
Prior to Owings' ap
pearance, Superintendent
Perdue gave the board a
typed memo which stated
that board policy 3250 and
Rule 3250 (b) prohibits
doctors are paid on a $450
"schedule".
In addition, the present
policy provides $250,000
Major Medical coverage,
with a yearly deductible of
SIOO per person. Any ex
penses for medicine,
doctors, or hospitals over
SIOO are covered 80 percent
up to $5,000, and one
hundred percent over
$5,000.
Commission Chairman
Charles Carter told
Flowers the board would
probably seek bids for the
hospitalization and or life
insurance coverage for
county employees.
In other Commission
activity, Perryan Gordon
Scarborough presented
ideas he has for new
county maps. He offered
the board 20,000 24 inch by
36 inch two color maps for
thirty eight cents each,
with color available at
extra cost.
The board had earlier
this year expressed
dissatisfaction with the
present maps, not bought
from Scarborough,
claiming they are too
small, and not legible
enough.
Anything
they can do,
we can do
friendlier.
The other banks have full service banking. We do too. They offer you high
interest on your savings. We do too. They provide you with checking ser
vices. We do too. In fact, we have everything they have and more We'll
always have that extra ingredient that really distinguishes us from the other
banks....We have personality. Our people are friendly, courteous and
helpful. They'll give you personal attention and knowledgable advice on
money management. Our banking methods are the latest and our ideas are
modern. It's just our friendliness thats old-fashioned. And there you have it
We can do everything the other banks d0...0n1y we do it friendlier!
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| First National Bank
Os Houston County
, Perry, Warner Robins and Centerville
"the showing of films
presentation of shows, etc.,
during school hours for
which a charge is made to
the students or the school".
Perdue said the primary
reason for the rule is to
prevent embarrassment to
any student who cannot
afford to pay admission
prices.
Owings, who Is a Chief in
the Mico Alligator Clan of
the Lower Creek Muscogee
Indians, said he and his
wife have assembled a
collection worth $25,000,
some of which cannot be
found except in the
Smithsonian in
Washington, D.C.
He said the show-
But they balked at the 38
cents price, saying they
would like Scarborough to
return with figures for
10,000, 15,000, and 20,000
quantity prices, based
upon a map similar to one
produced two years ago for
the county.
Another Perryan, Don
Parkinson, was also at the
meeting. Parkinson ap
peared in his capacity as
Chairman of the An
dersonville Trail
Association, and asked the
board to purchase a S2OO
per year membership in
the Association.
He explained that Perry
is the northernmost point
of the Trail, which winds
through Montezuma,
Oglethorpe, past An
dersonville National
Cemetery to Cordele. Four
counties are included on
the Trail- Houston, Macon,
Sumter, and Crisp. The
three other county boards
had previously purchased
membership.
The Houston Com
mission agreed to
Parkinson's request. He
added that "tourism is the
major focus of the Trail,
and Perry will be the
primary benefactor."
HOUSTON HOME JOURNAL THURS., OCT. It, I»7S,
museum had already
appeared on the campuses
of Pulaski, Dodge,
Bleckley, and Treutlen
County public schools.
Owings further stated that
all profits after expenses
from the show go towards
subsidizing a TOO acre
Indian "reservation"
being set up near Cairo,
Georgia.
Board member Glenn
Heck said he thought the
museum was "a worthy
project" and suggested
having the school system
pay Owings a daily fee for
several days to take his
trailer to the county's
jiigir^Ti
various schools. No
decision was made on
Heck's idea.
I am happy to announce
that I have rented the large
vacant store building on
Main Street next to the
Sing Food Store to TRUE
VALUE who have 5500
stores in America. The
owner of this store is a
very qualified and
energetic man. I predict a
good, successful business
for its owner and True
Value Hardware In Perry
and the surrounding area.
The worth of a smile:
Not long ago there ap
peared in the newspapers
the story of a little boy who
had come in contact with a
live wire that had been
allowed to be unguarded. It
touched one side of his
face, burning
paralyzing if.
In court the boy's lawyer
asked the little fellow to
turn toward the jury and
smile. He tried. One side of
his face smiled, but the
injured side puckered up in
a hideous and pitiful
contortion. The jury took
just twenty minutes to
award the boy twenty
thousand dollars. That was
certified as the legal value
of a smile.
The moral is, if a smile is
worth twenty thousand
dollars after if is lost, it
must be worth that much
while it still exists. ATsafe
conclusion is that a
friendly smile, and a
genuine interest in our
fellowmen, are essential to
success in life.
I»iiilWWllliHUf
915A Main St.
Perry, Georgia
Ph. Off. 987-1752
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