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Statistics Say No On New Amendment
Is Houston Affected By Voting Rights Act?
How will Houston County be effected, if at all,
by the 1975 amendment to the Voting Rights Act,
requiring communities to adjust their election
procedures, under certain circumstances, to
provide special assistance to minority voters?
To what extent have the changes in the im
migration law, made in 1965, brought this
situation to the fore?
The revisions, which eliminated the existing
immigration quotas, led to a record inflow of
foreign-born into this country. Although most of
the newcomers have become sufficiently familiar
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Cindy Hickson of Perry, left, and Debra Hudson of Macon model a new line
of Macon Junior College sportswear for a weekly student publication. The
sportswear will be sold in the college bookstore which was expanded this
summer to accomodate a record enrollment of 2800 students. MJC Controller
Jack Ragland of Perry directs the operation of the bookstore and other
auxiliary enterprises on campus.
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Looking Back
From The Home Journal Files
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ONE YEAR AGO
OCTOBER 17. 1974 — The Perry
Chamber of Commerce declared
observance of “Industrial Ap
preciation Week” here to salute the
industries and their contribution to
Perry life. —A huge Shriners Day
parade was scheduled to go through
downtown Perry Saturday.—Judge
Willis B. Hunt in Houston Superior
Court was to hear Friday arguments
in the civil suit filed by five Perryans
against the county commissioners.
The suit said that the commission was
illegally meeting outside the county
seat of Perry.—Joe Harrell was
named as director of the sanitation
department for (he county.—The
Exchange Club of Perry won the “Big
E For Excellence” award. —Perry
stores reported a growing shortage of
antifreeze.—The Westfield football
Hornets stayed unbeaten with a 26-11
pasting of Deerfield, and Perry High
was idle.
FIVE YEARS AGO
OCTOBER 15. 1970 Councilmen
Dan Britton and James McKinley had
decided to offer for re-election in
December, with Gene Smith deciding
not to run. In his spot was expected to
be former Councilman Dot
Houghton.™ Lois Athon was honored
by the Sorelle Club for her work with
the Perry Teen Club.— State
Representative Sam Nunn, Jr., went
to Atlanta to talk to state Agriculture
Commissioner Tommy Irvin about
high milk prices in Perry. (Milk was
$1.33 a gallon here.) —The county
school board was to discuss letting
female students wear that hot “new
fashion item" - pantsuits- to class.—
Perry High s Panthers stayed un
Faye Hawkins (LI and Linda Smith ». made for the Pilot Club
Perry's annual Arts and Crafts Show, set for Saturday. October 25. at (»
Ochlahatchee Clubhouse on Frank Satterfield Road. Also in view are otter
“goodies" such as throw pillows, milk strainers, candles, decorated dish■ s
and serving trays.
with the English language to vote intelligently,
some have not.
They are to be assisted under the new
regulations, which come into play where more
than five percent of the voting age population are
members of a single language minority, where
less than half the citizens of voting age cast ballots
in the 1972 Presidential election and where the
illiteracy rate is more than 4.6 percent.
The special assistance, specified by the Justice
Department, includes furnishing bi-lingual
beaten, with a 7-0 record, by crowning
(he Dublin Irish 12-7. The PHS coach
was Will Roy Cooley.
TEN YEARS AGO
OCTOBER 14. 1965- A 60 year old
Perry resident, T.C. McKown was
arrested and charged with operating
a “numbers” racket in Perry, ac
cording to Police Chief B.E. Dennard.
McKown was free on $2,000 bond.—
The Board of Education met in their
new building for the first time.—
Radio City Music Hall concert
organist Richard Liebert was to
appear here on November 30.
Optometrist Dr. Leonard W. Bell was
to build an office on Macon Street.—
The Perry First Baptist had almost
paid off a $105,000 loan for funds that
built their Educational building six
years previously. The loan was for 11
years duration.
FIFTEEN YEARS AGO
OCTOBER 20. 1960- Rev. Jimmy
Waters of the Mabel White Baptist
Church in Macon was to hold a revival
at the First Baptist Church here
beginning October 23.—Sandra
McElroy was chosen Perry High FFA
Sweetheart.—Miss Beverly Jacobs of
Perry was to represent the Georgia
Dairy Association in a national dairy
associations beauty contest.—A
“liquor car" carrying moonshine
whiskey was nabbed by Perry-
Policeman J.W, Benford.—At the
Muse Theatre was unfolding the
Academy Award winning tale of
“Elmer Gantry" with Burt Lancaster
and Jean Simmons. Scheduled soon
was “The Magnificent Seven" with
Yul Brynner.
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election materials and special monitors at polling
places.
In Houston County, according to the latest
Census Bureau statistics, 1.1 percent of the
population is foreign-born.
This compares with 4.9 percent in the United
Slates as a whole and with 0.7 percent in the State
of Georgia.
Conversely, the great bulk of the local
population, 95.6 percent of it, consists of native
born Americans with a history that goes back
three generations or more in this country.
HOUSTON HOME JOURNAL THURS., OCT. 14, 1V75,
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The Census Bureau and the Justice Department
have released the names, to date, of localities in
several states where the special help to minorities
and illiterates will have to be supplied. Deter
minations are being made as to the remaining
states. They will be announced later.
The figures show that the illiteracy rate in the
local area, defined as the percentage of the adult
population with less than five years of schooling,
is relatively low. Some 5.4 percent fall within that
classification.
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