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Vying For Council Posts
Four of the five contenders for the four City
Council posts up for election were at last Tuesday
night’s City Council meeting. Shown talking with
Perry Police Chief B.E. Dennard (L) are, left to
right: Sheet Hulbert, who is running for Post
% ive; Herbert Wells, running for Post Six; and
An HHJ News Analysis
County Jail Here Built
With Competitive Bids
The Houston County
Correctional-Detentional
Institution, better known
as the prison camp-county
jail, on Kings Chapel Road
in Perry, was born amid
discordant notes, was
constructed amid
discordant notes, and
stands today, still the
object of disgruntled
persons within the county,
or at least of one time
residents of the county.
%st week news media in
Middle Georgia reported of
a civil suit filed by Reid
sville Prison inmate Stan
Wellons, until his con
finement a resident of the
county. Wellons' suit
charged that the jail and
prison camp cost twice as
much as necessary. He
said that the facility was
built for SBOO,OOO and
should have cost no more
than $400,000.
Wellons further alleged
that Commissioner Steve
Byrd's Warner Robins
septic tank firm installed
"a septic tank system'' for
the institution and also
said that a firm with which
associated had
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Card of
Thanks
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The family of Eula Irene
Holt wishes to
acknowledge sincere
appreciation and extend
words of gratitude to
everyone for every ex
pression of sympathy
shown during their hours
of bereavement. The
prayers, food, and all other
kindnesses proved to be a
source of strength in our
darkest hours. Also we
thank everyone for their
many acts of kindness
while being a patient in the
Talmadge Memorial
Hospital of Augusta. May
God bless each of you.
The Holt Family
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An Arts and Crafts Bazaar is planned for
Saturday, October 25, by the Pilot Club of Perry.
Plan to be on hand when the doors open at
Ochlahatchee Club House at 10 A.M.; they will
remain open until 6 o’clock in the evening.
The Skylight Social and Saving Club is spon
soring a dance at Peyton Place October 24. Music
is by Fantasy Band. Tickets are on sale from
members.
installed certain fencing.
Reaction predictably
was swift to come to
Wellons' suit. Com
missioner Byrd said last
Thursday that no septic
tank system was even
installed at the camp.
Records and a little ex
cavation will show that the
facility is connected to the
City of Perry sewerage
system.
The “certain fencing" to
which Wellons made
reference was provided
free of charge to the camp
jail complex. In fact, it
came from what once was
the Pulaski County work
camp. The only portions of
the fence purchased were
the gates. Furthermore,
Byrd has not been
associated with any fence
company for more than
three years prior to the
construction, according to
a statement he made
Thursday.
One other facet is that at
the time of the letting of
bids and groundbreaking
on the facility, Steve Byrd
was not even a member of
the Commission. His
father, Robert Byrd, was
still on the board, and only
after his father's death did
Byrd make a successful
bid for election to the five
member board.
The Commission is quite
vehement in its statements
that the county facility not
only was not too expensive,
but indeed was constructed
at a considerable savings
to the taxpayers. They
stress that the building
would have cost far more
had not prison inmate
labor been utilized as
much as possible.
One of the board says
that contracted labor
would have upped the price
of the facility at least
$150,000. The prison camp
itself cost $359,189 and the
jail $324,400 or the camp
$22 per square foot and the
jail S4O per square foot.
Draper Watson, bidding for Post Four. Also
present at the meeting, not pictured, was Mrs.
Susan Thomas, who Wednesday announced her
plans to seek a Council slot. Early this week she
said she would run for Post Six, opposing Wells.
Two county jail facilities
either under construction,
or just completed, cost
more in comparison with
the Houston County
complex. Baldwin County
in Milledgeville, according
to Commission sources,
last week opened bids on a
60-prisoner complex, and
cost will be $686,000.
The City of Columbus,
Georgia, is presently
building a jail for $20,000
per prisoner, compared to
Houston's expenditure of
$3,900 per prisoner.
Gwinnett County, whose
seat is Lawrenceville, built
a jail for $5,650 per
prisoner.
The Houston facility is
composed of 23,910 square
feet, of which 15,800 square
feet is the prison camp,
and 8,110 square feet the
county jail.
WHATTHE RECORDS
SAY
Even as early as the
latter months of 1973, the
proposed jail-prison camp
was a source of con
troversy, not because of its
cost, but rather because of
where it was to be located.
Several Perryans were
disturbed that the facility
was to be located on Kings
Chapel Road, fearing it
might hurt growth in the
area.
On January 23, 1973, the
Commission reaffirmed its
intentions to build the
facility on Kings Chapel,
next to the old prison
camp. On Tuesday,
February 6, 1973, the Perry
City Council annexed the
site into the city limits,
after that day's Com
mission meeting had
raised questions of having
to move the county seat if
the facility was not to be
located in Perry.
(By law the county jail
has to be within the city
limits of the county site,
which is Perry.)
At that February 6
Commission meeting
architect John Cun
ningham of Atlanta un
veiled full color drawings
of the proposed two
buildings. The board ac
cepted Cunningham's
ideas of how to design the
buildings.
On Saturday, February
24, 1973, groundbreaking
ceremonies were held at
the Kings Chapel Road
site, with County Com
missioners Frank Rozar,
Alton Tucker, Charles
Carter, V.W. McEver, and
Robert Byrd turning the
first shovelful of dirt. Bids
for the facility still
remained unopened.
On Tuesday, March 6,
1973, the bids were opened,
more than thirty of them,
in a session which lasted
over two hours. Contracts
were accepted the next
week.
On Tuesday, April 24,
Charlie Franklin was hired
as superintendent of
consfruction for the
complex. He later was told
to supervise consfruction
of an addition to the County
Agricultural Building on
Carroll Street in Perry, a
task which was completed
in a 90-day period.
Construction of the
facility was slow, with bad
weather and delays in
shipments of materials
hindering progress. But
what hurt just as bad
occurred on Tuesday, July
12, 1973, when contractors
on the project appeared to
discuss a federal wage law
(the Davis Bacon Act)
which regulated wages
paid to laborers on
projects paid with federal
funds.
On that date Harry
Geiselman of Delta Star
Electric wanted to
renegotiate his contract
because he said he had
made no provision for
paying his laborers wages
of $6.00 per hour and up.
The board agreed,
reluctantly, to accept the
federally imposed wage
guidelines.
Such was the nature of
the construction of the
Houston County Correc
tional-Detentional In
stitution. The Com
missioners spent much
time on the project and it
has been burdened with
problems, much of which
some feel is due to the fact
it was built with federal
revenue sharing funds.
PERSONALS
Mrs. J.N. Buff has
returned from a tour of the
New England States. She
was accompanied by Mrs.
Emmett McKenzie of
Albany.
The Skylight Social and
Saving Club met at the
home of Mrs. Maggie
Eubanks the 2nd Sunday.
Mrs. Betty Radford's
birthday was celebrated
with a delicious repast
being served. Mrs. S.
Johnson, reporter, Mrs. D.
Bailey, president.
Mrs. Doris Bailey visited
Mr. and Mrs. Phillip
Holmes and other friends
and relatives in Miami,
Florida. Her stay was very
enjoyable
Former Minister Here
Rev. Teresi Addresses
Baptist Brotherhood
Rev. Jimmy Teresi was
guest speaker for the
Tuesday night Perry First
Baptist Brotherhood
meeting.
Rev. Teresi was pastor
of the Perry church from
April, 1950, until 1965. It
The Perry Hospital Ladies Auxiliary (Pink
Ladies) held officer installation ceremonies
Tuesday night of last week. Left to right are: Mrs.
Martin Funk- President; Mrs. M.J. Edwards-
Call No. 495 Charter No. 1537.3 National Bank Region No.
REPORT OF CONDITION, CONSOLIDATING
DOMESTIC SUBSIDIARIES, OF THI
1005 NORTHS IDE DRIVE
FIRST NATIONAL RANK OF HOUSTON CO. of p| , RRY
IN THE STATE OF G . A .: AT THE CLOSE OF BUSINESS ON ...^^^L. 30 ..’ 1975
PUBLISHED IN RESPONSE TO CALL MADE BY COMPTROLLER OF THE CURRENCY, UNDER TITLE
12. UNITED STATES CODE, SECTION 161
i
ASStTS 3 Dollars Cts. '
Cash and due from banks (including $ unposted debits) . I [8,3 ]~l 703 80
US. Treasury securities ) 149.9 1680... .P.Q...
Obligations of other U. S. Government agencies and corporations . ITS/ .17.21 53 I
Obligations of States and political subdivisions j9Ol K ( H) |22
Other securities (including $ 17»45QtQQ corporate stock) .27 450 00
Trading account securities I ...I .99...
Federal funds sold and securities purchased under agreements to resell L I I.IQ. (PP.P. PP...
Loans 356, 874 f9O .
Bank premises, furniture and fixtures, and other assets representing bank premises 1 1.96-1. . H 8
Real estate owned other than bank premises I ’ .999 99...
Investments in unconsolidated subsidiaries and "associated companies". 99...
00
Customers'liability to this bank on acceptances outstanding .
Other assets (including $ direct lease financing)
TOTAL ASSETS ' ' £22
UABIL,T,ES 4 335 089 13
Demand deposits of individuals, partnerships, and corporations j jy-
Time and savings deposits of individuals, partnerships, and corporations . gg j £2
Deposits of United States Government .v ~ ava a-a—
__ , . X IjJ UjU oU
Deposits of States and political subdivisions
Deposits of foreign governments and official institutions 314 848 —11
Deposits of commercial banks \2H 129 11
Certified and officers’ checks, etc
TOTAL DEPOSITS $ .1?,.038^073^7 2
(a) Total demand deposits $ .Si
(b) Total time and savings deposits S It 526, 229_ L V)
Federal funds purchased and securities sold under agreements to repurchase (jQ"
Liabilities for borrowed money aq-
Mortgage indebtedness QQ
Acceptances executed by or for account of this bank and outstanding _■■■•
Other liabilities . ■ £
TOTAL LIABILITIES ' ,I 5 8 - 8 -—
MINORITY INTEREST IN CONSOLIDATED SUBSIDIARIES 99-
RESERVES ON LOANS AND SEC URITIES
Reserve for bad debt losses on loans (set up pursuant to IRS rulings) . >r ‘ 999. 9.9...
Other reserves on loans qQ"
Reserves on securities . . - tqq oo -
TOTAL RESERVES ON LOANS AND SECURITIES | - -
CAPITAL ACCOUNTS 0Q
Capital notes and debentures .
— s 1 025 191 51
tqmty capital-total —QQ*~
Preferred stock-total par value
No shares outstanding 210 0 00 00
C ommon Stock-total par value
No shares authorized
No shares outstanding ‘ 360 000 00
Surplus 455- 191 5i '
Undivided profits ...4.?.?....,L?.f....y.E.„
Reserve for contingencies and other capital reserves ——
TOTAL CAPITAL ACCOUNTS -- 9~-
TOTAL LIABILITIES. RESERVES. AND CAPITAL ACCOUNTS .
MEMORANDA
Average of total deposits for the 15 calendar days ending with call date 12. 5.35 . 8.9.3... 4.8...
Average of total loans for the 1 5 calendar days ending with tall date 9 I'j gr'r
Interest collected not earned on installment loans included in total capital accounts ■ . ..7 ?.)...
Standby letters of credit
I .99.999.9 9* ,of the above-named bank do
(Name and title of officer authorized to sign report)
hereby declare that this report of condition is true and correct to the best of my knowledge and belief
We. the undersigned dire< tors attest the correctness of this report of condition and declare that it has been ex#tnned by us and
to the best of our knowledge and belief is true and correct q
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was during this time that
the church was in the
building and expansion
program that led to the
birth of the annual Loyalty
Day Sunday, at which time
members made extra
contributions to the
HOUSTON HOME JOURNAL THURS., OCT. 1«, 1975,
building debt these being
in addition to their regular
tithes and offerings.
The first Loyalty Day
was held on October 18,
1958, when approximately
$5,500.00 was donated.
By request, Rev. Teresi
Vice President; Mrs. R.J. Allen- Secretary; Mrs.
Donald Colder- Treasurer; and Mrs. Allan
Mcßae- Gift Cart Chairwoman.
PAGE 7-A
reviewed dates of im
portant events that hap
pened during the ex
pansion of the church. It
was on October 5,1954, that
the land was purchased,
the site being where the
Sunday School Annex and
the new church now stand.
Sunday, October 19, 1975,
will mark the 18th year
Loyalty Day, and during
this time over $102,000.00
has been given above
tithes and offerings.
There were ap
proximately 500 members
on the church roll when
Teresi came to the church
and about 1000 when he
retired. The church
membership is 1,362 as of
October 1, 1975.