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Board Pays $55,007
Perry High Football
Stands Due In August
When Perry High kicks
off its 1976 high school
football season on August
27, fans will notice a big
difference about 2,300
more seats will be
available The county
Board of Education,
meeting Monday at noon,
voted unanimously to
purchase for $50,007
permanent stands for the
PHS grid field.
Assistant county school
superintendent Seabie
Hickson outlined the basics
of the purchase to the
school board, and
reminded them that a
meeting last Friday had
resulted in Standard Steel
Industries of Three Rivers,
Jim Moody of Perry won first prize last Saturday in the Bicentennial
parade's bike-a-thon sponsored by the Perry Women’s Club. Jim dressed
himself and his bike in red, white and blue to capture first place honors in the
patriotic contest.
This group of shop owners and clerks in downtown Perry were all dressed up
last Saturday for all the Bicentennial activities in downtown Perry. The ladies
all dressed for the day in special Bicentennial dresses made especially for the
occasion. Many of the ladies plan to wear their dresses at the community
Bicentennial service this Sunday at 6 :30 p.m. on the city hall lawn.
A crowd estimated at 1,500 people filled the playing field of Perry High
football field last Saturday night to hear four hours of religious music. The
N.O.W. (No Other Way) Festival presented, in concert, two of the nation’s
most wellfenown singing groups. Co-ordinators of the event were Jirn
Mcllrath, youth ministries director at Perry United Methodist Church, and
Bob Brewer, minister of music at First Baptist Church of Perry.
On the program were: Truth - an 18 member group from Mobile. Alabama
now recognized as one of the most popular religious music groups anywhere:
and Salt - an eight member group from Oral Roberts University of Oklahoma.
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Michigan bidding to
provide the 2,300 seats.
Months ago, Hickson
recapped, the school board
had decided to elevate the
2,300 bleacher seats on the
present "home" side next
to Park Avenue But after
seeking price quotes, the
school board learned that
costs of raising the seats
five feet on a concrete pad
would cost about $49,000,
far higher than expected
Instead, the school
system administration
reviewed a 1971 "master
plan" for the stadium, and
decided to get price quotes
on furnishing metal,
permanent seating. They
ultimately decided to leave
j the present "home" stands
as they are, except for
i regular repairs, and took
1 quotes on building the 2,400
» seats where the present
> "visitors" side is located
t on the south side, next to
- the fieldhouse
> As soon as the con
t struction is finished, the
; new seats will become the
j "home" side, with the
, visitors utilizing the older
seats. The new "home"
I stands will be located just
t in front of the "Panther
r Pit" concession stand,
j Monday afternoon,
5 Hickson revealed "in
, essence of time, it was
, agreed to call two or three
> leading companies in for
quotes. Back then in 1971,
the best prices we ob
tained were $30.00 per
seat.”
"We opened the quotes
last Friday Each com
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The 1976 Georgia Peach Queen, Sandra Eakes of
Warner Robins, will be on hand at The Bank of
Perry's Annual Peach Day Open House, Saturday
July 3, at the main office on Carroll Street from
9:00 -12:00 noon. She will be serving peaches from
local orchards, and peach ice cream. Miss Eakes
is attending Georgia Southern College in
Statesboro.
At Security Federal
Noted Artist
To Show Here
Hawkinsville native
Butler Brown, now
nationally recognized as
an artist, will have a show
of some ot his works this
Saturday at the Security
Federal Savings and Loan
office on Main Street, from
10;00a.m. to 3:00 p.m. The
show is sponsored by the
Perry Rotary Club as a
Bicentennial project.
Brown was a computer
programmer eight years
ago who habitually sket
ched and doodled on
computer cards. Now he is
gaining national acclaim
for his rural scenes.
Brown's wife, Laverne,
bought him a set of oils for
a Christmas present, and
soon after he took up the
hobby fulltime.
He took a mail-order
course, and soon attracted
the attention of Maconite
Ann Tutt, who hung some
of his works in her gallery.
The rest is history, as
Butler Brown's paintings
County
Still Uncertain
Through meetings of last
week, the Houston County
Commissioners had yet to
set the 1976 tax millage
rate, but still predicted
they would "hold the line"
at 10 mills, the same as
was levied last year. But
rural property owners face
the possibility of a one or
two mill levy for fire
protection.
At the June 8 meeting of
she commissioners at the
County Courthouse, the
county Fire Commission
presented its yearly
budget request, and
suggested the setting up of
a county fire district, and
levying of taxes only on
rural areas for fire ser
vices only to rural areas.
Fire Commission Chief
Seventeen Burdine of the
Bonaire Kathleen unit
presented his board's
recommendations, which
included: purchase of land
at Elberfa and Lake Joy
pany quoted options and
alternatives.” Hickson
added that the other
bidder. Stadiums
Unlimited of Grinnell,
lowa, bid prices at "about
$35 39 per seat”.
He further said that all
parties present at the bids
opening, which included
PHS Booster Club
President Tom Grant, PHS
Principal Marchman, and
the school board,
"unanimously agreed" to
select the $50,007 bid of
Standard Steel.
The Stands
According to Hickson,
Standard Steel has agreed
to have the seats installed
in time for the August 27
have won him tame that
are famous, and not so
well known.
The largest collection
belongs to Phil Walden,
president of Capricorn
Records in Macon, who
owns close to 30 works.
Gregg Allman has a pair,
and Dickey Betts has
commissioned a painting
of a country church.
His paintings are on
continuing loan to the
offices of Senators Sam
Nunn and Herman
Talmadge, r.nd Governor
George Busbee. A fellow
from Plains likes Butler's
works, too, and so the
artist's scenes probably
will hang in the White
House if a national
Democrat victory occurs
in November.
Saturday's show is free
of charge. Brown will be at
the Security Federal office
only on the hours men
tioned, from ten a.m.
through three p.m. on
Saturday.
for stations; purchase of
two new 750 gallon per
minute pumpers; the tax
levy; and expansion of
insurance rate reductions.
In actuality, the fire
district was established
two years ago, and simply
covers all Houston County
outside the three
municipalities of Warner
Robins, Perry, and Cen
terville.
The Fire Commission
suggested a 1976-77
department budget of
$79,547, plus $13,400 in
water hydrant fees
charged the department by
the county water system.
Last week the com
missioners found that a
mill in taxes levied just
outside the cities would
produce close to the
amount requested, but
they took no action then.
A decision on this year's
tax millage is expected at
one of she next two county
commission meetings.
opener with Hawkinsvllle
High, which is expected to
attract a large crowd.
The grandstand will be
20 rows high, and will
reach from the 20-yard
stripe to the 20-yard stripe,
thus occupying sixty yards
in length. All seats and
footboards will be made of
aluminum, with the entire
structure built so the
lowest seat is 48 inches
above the turf.
The understructure of
the stands will be
"weathering steel". A
steel press box un
derpinning will be in
cluded, with the pressbox
itself to be built by local
means. (More details will
be furnished later.)
Four, 42 inch wide aisles
will lead into the five
sections of seats. The
Service Pins
Kellwood Honors Employees
Kellwood Company, Stanfield Group, Georgia DeCor Division, honored its employees,
Thursday, June 18th, with an Employee Appreciation Day. Kellwood employees enjoyed a
Barbecue dinner with all the trimmings catered by Fincher's of Macon, Georgia. Service
pins were also awarded to employees with 5,10, and 15 years service.
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5-year pin recipients, left to right, are: Willie J. West, Edgar Smith, Janie
Zellnar, Rose Ragan, Wanda Daw, Matthew Long, Beulah Ball, Rachel May, Donnie
Adkinson, Etsuko Tryggestad, Justyne Harris, Mary S. Thomas, Earnestine Ford,
Anna Owens, Eunice Roberts, Barbara Craft, Julia Greer, Bessie Small, and
presenting pins- Robert B. Jones, 111, Personnel Manager. Not pictured are: Otis
Anderson, Linda Mclntyre, Daisy Bowens, Erma Rider, and Carol Lane.
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10-year pin recipients, left to right, are: Barney Jones, Jr., Erline McElmurray,
Shirley Cryder, Henry Williams, Polly Moon, Edward (Slim) Kinchens, Evelyn Gar
nett, George West, Evelyn Gassett, John H. Owens, Douglas King, Ronnie Singleton,
Maggie Johnson, Ernestine Hickey, Mitchell Worthy, Jr., Ruth Griffin, Louise Culler,
Ethel Evans, James Ambler, Annie Jackson, Edith Hobby, Mary Ann Burnette, Lillie
Dillard and presenting pins- David Chapman, plant manager. Not pictured are Felix
Riley and Arthur Worthy.
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15-year pin recipients, left to right, are: Wylene Andel, Louise Reeves, Avarene
Moody, Marie Yawn, Elsie Faulk, Bobbie L. Tyndal and presenting pins- David
Chapman, plant manager. Not pictured is Helen Jacobs.
5-year Quilted Textiles pin recipients are, left to right: Oscar Kendrick and
Robert West. Presenting pins is Leroy Singleton, Plant Manager. ,
HOUSTON HOME JOURNAL THURS., JULY 1, 1974,
center section will be
unbroken by an aisle,
clearing the way for sales
as reserved seats, if
wished.
The bid price equals
$22.92 per gross seat
(Gross capacity is 2,400
seats, minus aisle space.
Net capacity will be 2,248
seats.).
Board member Bill
George observed, "That
price is about SB.OO per seat
less than previous quotes,"
to which chairman L.A.
McConnell added, "And it
includes a pressbox
structure, too."
Hickson hinted the
"low" price is because
"they're very interested in
getting an installation in
Middle Georgia. (The next
southernmost stadium
furnished by Standard
Steel is in Kentucky).
They'll want to show it ott
to other buyers.”
Hugh Brazell moved to
buy the stands, was
seconded by Bill George,
and the motion passed by a
unanimous vote. The board
also decided to asphalt a
path around both ends of
the stands, back to the
concession area.
Concerning the August .
27 opener, the board was ’
assured that every
possible effort will be
made by Standard Steel to
have the seats ready.
Hickson added that if they
are not ready by then, the
next home game would be
several weeks later, but
added his expectations the
work will be completed.
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