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-200 Fought In 1917-18 War
WW I Claimed
19 Houston Men
Houston County soldiers
who lost their lives during
World War I numbered 19.
They are as follows:
Robert D. Collins, Robert
U. Joyner, McMurray
Rainey Jr., Phil Murph,
Walter Jones, Andy Lively,
Twiggs O'Neal, John
Rogers, Delos Rhome, Will
Simmons, Will Brown,
Sydney Carter, Bennie
Culpepper, Willie Davis,
Andres Grace, Jim
Jackson, Zollie Crockett,
Issac Lewis, Sam Miller.
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Perry Saw First Stage
Coach Arrival In 1849
Since the state coach into
Perry was greeted in 1849
by wide eyed crowds who
had never seen anything
like it, the history of Perry
has been closely tied to
highway transportation.
Four bourses, driven by
For Houston Population
1940-70 Was Rapid Growth
The population of
Houston County according
to Census reports from
1830 1900 was as follows;
Warner
Robins
State's
Ninth
Largest
City
Os the above only two
were killed In action, Pvt.
1C Collins and Pvt. Andy
E. Lively. Nine died of
Pneumonia, no doubt
resulting from the terrible
influenza epidemic which
took many military lives
as well as that of civilians.
The other eight deaths
were the result of other
diseases.
There were around 200
Houston County men in
World War I (1917 18). 14
were wounded in action.
John Gordon, came rolling
and rocking in from
Hawkinsville in 1849. It
was the first stage coach
seen in Perry and it was
part of the coach line
running from Macon to
Tallahassee, Fla.
1830 7,369, 1840 9,711, 1850-
16,450, 1860 15,611, 1870
20,406, 1880 22,414, 1890
21,613, 1900 22,641.
Warner Robins in nor
thern Houston County has
had extensive growth In all
areas of activity in recent
years. Known as the In
ternational City, Warner
Robins is Georgia's ninth
largest city.
The 1970 census gave
Warner Robins' population
as 33,491, an increase of
79.7 percent over 1960. The
1975 population is
estimated to be 41,800, with
91 percent white and 9
percent non white.
The annual effective
buying income for the
Warner Robins area is
approximately $220,000,000
according to the Chamber
of Commerce of which
Ralph Johnson is the
executive vice president.
The average income per
household is $15,854 and
the per capita income is
$4,861, which is the highest
average in Georgia, out
side of the Atlanta area.
There are eight large
l shopping centers with over
• 800 businesses in Warner
Foe i s. It is estimated that
‘ivide area of the city
ha- 00,000 people. There
are also two industrial
plants, Midland Glass Co.,
Inc. and ConChemco, a
modular home
manufacturer.
The Greater Warner
Robins Chamber of
Commerce, which was
incorporated in 1949 by
twenty men, has had an
active part in the
promotion and progress of
the city. The school system
is one of the four best in
Georgia, according to Mr.
Johnson, executive
director of the Chamber of
Commerce. There are 19
schools.
Warner Robins has the
finest recreation program
in the southeast and a good
law and order record.
The International City
Since 1733
State Os Georgia Has
Long List Os Governors
Colonial
1. James Edward Oglethorpe 1733-1743
Resident Trustee
2. William Stephens 1741-1750
President
3. Henry Parker 1750-1752
President
4. Patrick Graham 1752-1754
President
5. John Reynolds 1754-1757
6. Henry Ellis 1757-1760
7. James Wright 1760-1775
8. William Ewen 1775
President, Council of Safety
9. George Walton 1775-1776
President Council of Safety
10. William Ewen 1776
President, Council of Safety
State
11. Archibald Bulloch 1776-1777
President
12. Button Gwinnett 1777
President
13. John Adams Treutlen 1777-1778
14. John Houstoun 1778-1779
15. James Wright 1779-1782
Royal Governor
16. JohnWereats 1779-1780
President, Supreme Exec. Council
17. George Walton 1779-1780
President Opposing Faction
18. Richard Howley 1780
19. Stephen Heard 1780-1781
President Exec. Council
20. Nathan Brownson 1781-1782
21. John Martin 1782-1783
22. Lyman Hall 1783-1784
23. John Houstoun 1784-1785
24. Samuel Elbert 1785-1786
25. Edward Telfair 1786-1787
26. George Mathews 1787-1788
27. George Handly 1788-1789
mm. ■ _ m
The 1910 and 1920
population figures were a
little more than 20,000.
With the creation of
Stadium seats 8,000
spectators for sports
events.
Thirty religious I
denominations worship in
fifty church buildings. 108
civic and service clubs ';
help to promote the
cultural Interests of the
Perhaps the most im
portant factor In the city's
growth is its proximity to
Robins Air Force Base,
Georgia's largest Industry,
This base is the home of
Warner Robins Air
Logistics Center, which
has responsibilities il
ranging from aircraft
through missiles, elec
tronics, and equipment .
accessories. Fifty-five
percent of people who work
on the base live in the
Warner Robins area.
City offices were moved
into the new Municipal
Complex on Watson
Boulevard in December
1972. A new library
building is being erected
on the site of the old City
Hall on Watson Blvd.
Mayor of Warner Robins
since 1972 is Ed Bryant,
former County Com
missioner, who has an- |||
nounced that he will not be
a candidate to succeed
himself. Mr. Bryant
followed Homer J. Walker
in the Mayor's office.
Present City Council
members are Jerry
Broxton, Jack Humphrey,
Mrs. Joy Land, Mrs. ||
Henrietta Mclntyre, Steve
Morgan, and Homer J.
Walker.
Since its incorporation
on March 3,1943 as the City
of Warner Robins, the site
for an army air corps
depot, this Houston County ||
city has grown steadily
over the 33 years of its
existence and rapidly If
during the past ten years, ‘i
m
Peach County In 1925, the
population dropped to
10,000 by 1930.
1940-11,303, 1950-20,964,
1960 39,154, 1970-62,924.
The population of
Georgia according to
census figures from 1790-
1900 was as follows:
1790-82,548, 1800-162,686,
1810-252,433, 1820 340,985,
1830 516,823,1840-691,392,
1850 906,185, 1860-1,057,286,
1870-1,184,109, 1880
1,542,180, X IB9O-1,837,358,
1900 2,216,331.
The growth of the state
from 1900 to 1940 was slow.
The population increase
from 1940-70 was rapid.
Figures tor the past
decade are: 1960-3,943,116;
1970-4,589,575.
Georgian
Assisted
In R.F.D.
Before 1896, there was no
rural free delivery system.
Farmer's organizations
were active in getting
Congress to provide money
for free delivery of mail to
rural areas in some parts
of the United States.
In 1917, R.F.D. service
became nationwide largely
through the efforts of the
late Tom Watson of
Thomson, Ga., a leader of
the Populist Party and
editor and publisher of
magazines called Jef
fersonian and Columbia
Sentenel. Mr. Watson was
a congressman from 1891-
93 and U S. Senator from
1920 until his death Sept.
26, 1922.
Rural Free Delivery
made it possible for farm
families to receive
newspapers and other mail
daity. The R.F.D system
led to the setting up of a
parcel post service and the
development of great mail
order companies.
Early Student
Attendance
The average daily at
tendance of the schools of
Houston County in 1900 was
668 in the 26 schools for
whites and 1,690 in the 33
schools for negroes.
28. George Walton 1789-1790
29. Edward Telfair 1790-1793
30. George Mathews 1793.179$
31. Jared Irwin 1796-1798
32. James Jackson 1798-1801
33. David Emanuel 1801
President of Senate
34. Josiah Tattnall, Jr. 1801-1802
35. John Milledge 1802-1806
36. Jared Irwin 1806-1809
37. David B. Mitchell 1809-1813
38. Peter Early 1813-1815
39. David B. Mitchell 1815-1817
40. William Rabun . 1817-1819
41. Matthew Talbott 1819
President of Seanfe
42. John Clark 1819-1823
43. George M. Troup 1823-1827
44. John Forsyth 1827-1829
45. George R. Gilmer 1829-1831
46. Wilson Lumpkin 1831-1835
47. William Schley 1835-1837
48. George R. Gilmer 1837-1839
49. Charles J. McDonald 1839-1843
50. George W. Crawford 1843-1847
51. George W. Towns 1847-1851
52. Howell Cobb 1851-1853
53. Herschel V. Johnson 1853-1857
54. Joseph E. Brown 1857-1865
55. James Johnson 1865
Provisional Governor
56. Charles J. Jenkins 1865-1868
57. Thomas H. Ruger 1868
Provisional Governor
58. Rufus B. Bullock 1868-1871
59. Benjamin Conley 1871-1872
President of Senate
60. James M. Smith 1872-1877
61. Alfred H. Colquitt 1877-1882
62. Alexander H. Stephen 1882-1883
63. James S. Boynton 1883
President of Senate
64. Henry D. McDaniel 1883-1886
65. John B. Gordon 1886-1890
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Mayor McKinley
James O. McKinley, the
present mayor, served as
acting mayor from March
1973 when Mayor John
Barton resigned until May
1973 when he became
Mayor to fill the unexpired
term of Mayor Barton. In
December 1975, Mr.
McKinley was elected to a
three-year term which
includes 1976, 1977 and 1978
with expiration January 1,
1979.
Ther terms of the mayor
and council of the city of
Perry were changed from
four years to two years by
legislative act In 1975. In
order to have staggered
terms, the law provided tor
the mayor and three
councilmen elected in 1975
to serve three years and
tor the other three to serve
only two more years. In the
future all elected city
officials will serve two
years.
The councilmen whose
terms extend three years
from January 1976 are
David P. Hulbert, Jr.,
Draper Watson and Ralph
Gentry.
Mrs. Barbara Calhoun,
the first woman ever
elected to Perry's city
council, began her term
after a special election in
January 1975 to serve out
the unexpired term of D.K.
Roughton who resigned.
This term expires January
1, 1978.
H. Eugene Smith, a
former councilman, was
elected in December 1973
to a tour year term which
began January 1974 and
expires January 1, 1978.
Dr. Jerome Bloodworth
was elected to the unex
pired term of Gordon
Scarborough Jr., who
resigned, in a special
election held December
1975. He was sworm into
office December 9 for a
term that had two years
remaining. Mr. Scar
borough had been elected
in the special election of
'if
City Employees Listed
McKinley Heads >
Perry Government
May 3, 1973 to the unex
pired term of Councilman
James McKinley. This
term expires Jan. 1, 1978.
The mayor and council
elect the employees of the
city on an annual basis.
City Attorney is
Lawrence C. Walker, Jr.
Recorder's Court Judge
is George F. Nunn, Jr.
The office or Ad
ministrative workers are
as follows: Mrs. Ruth
Bunting, City Clerk and
Treasurer; Mrs. Ruth
Richards, Mrs. Sarah C.
Lawson, Mrs. Geraldine
Graham, Mrs. Peggy
Wilson, Mrs. Shirley
Hardin, and Mrs. Linda
Fountain.
The Police Force in
cludes the following: B.E.
Dennard, Sr., Chief; R.E.
Shelnutt, Asst. Chief; G.H.
Webb, Ernest Carter,
Talmadge Padgett, Roy
Lee Mathis, Willie H.
Coates, Arthur Lee
Jackson, Homer G.
Langston, Arthur Gene
Buckles, Donald Chestnut,
Arvel L. Coffman, Hubert
A. Evans, Jim K. West,
Wanda Fox, O.D. Hen
derson, Robert Horton,
Charles Lewis, Benny
Redmond, Mrs. Jean
Baxley and Gerald Alt
man.
School Patrol members
are Barbara Findley,
Betty Sue McCarty, Ruby
Owens, Virginia Redmond,
and Annie Mae Kendrick.
Auxiliary Police are
C.M. Daniel and John
Newberry.
Fire Department em
ployees are Sirah
Lawhorn, Chief; Randy
Bozeman, W.E. Wells,
Earl K. Greene, Harris
Mclntyre, Johnnie F.
Langston, and Gary
Hamlin.
In charge of
Beautification is Miles
Zellner.
Government Building
Worker Is Willie Williams.
Planning and Zoning is
HOUSTON HOME JOURNAL THURS., JULY 1, I*7*
66. William J. Northen 1890-1894
67. William Y. Atkinson 1894-1898
68. Allen D. Candler 1898-1902
69. Joseph M. Terrell 1902-1907
70. Hoke Smith 1907-1909
71. Joseph M. Brown 1909-1911
72. Hoke Smith 1911
73. John M. Slaton 1911-1912
President ot Senate •;
74. Joseph M. Brown 1912-1913
75. John M. Slaton 1913-1915
76. Nathaniel E. Harris 1915-1917*,
77. Hugh M. Dorsey 1917-192‘r
78. Thomas W. Hardwick 1921-1923
79. Clifford M. Walker 1923-1927
80. Lamartine G. Hardman 1927-1931 >
81. Richard B. Russell, Jr. 1931-1933
82. EugeneTalmadge 1933-1937
83. Ewrith D. Rivers 1937-1941
84. Eugene Talmadge 1941-1943
85. Ellis Gibbs Arnall 1943-1947
86. Melvin E. Thompson 1947-1948
87. Herman E. Talmadge 1948-1955
88. S. Marvin Griffin 1955-1959
89. S. Ernest Vandiver, Jr. 1959-1963
90. Carl E. Sanders 1963-1967
91. Lester G. Maddox 1967-1971
92. Jimmy Carter 1971-1975
93. George Busbee 197511 f
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EARLY SETTLERS had a difficult life, facing many
hardships and dangers from nature, hostile Indians
and cattlemen who resented the presence of the
homesteaders they nicknamed, “Sod Busters", and,
"Nesters".
headed by George L.
McGinty.
Water Plant employees
are M.M. Cloud, Sewerage
Treatment Plant, Water
Plant Superintendent, and
Building Inspector; Leroy
Boswell, W.W. Head, Price
M. Satterfield, R.N.
Brandon, and Charlie
Lamberth.
Sewerage Treatment
Plant supervisors are
Peter Meens and Carl
Barrs.
Gas Department
workers are Edward
Warren, Maintenance
Superintendent; William
M. Gore, William Wheeler,
John Henry Hill, Johnny B.
Bryant, and John Edward
Childs.
Sanitation Department
workers are as follows;
John H. Allen, Mansfield
Go., Houston Facts
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Houston County is
located a few miles south
of the geographic center of
the State of Georgia. The
topography varies from
large level areas to steep
rolling hills. If has a fertile
soil and a mild climate
which make it possible to
grow a wide range of
agricultural crops.
Rainfall averages about 48
inches per year.
Houston County's yearly
average temperature is
65.5 degrees. This ranges
from a high of 80 degrees in
July to a low of 45 degrees
in February. The growing
season averages 240 days
without frost.
The total land area in
Houston County is ap
proximately 242,560 acres.
This makes it 6th in rank in
the state in size.
Dr. Charles Herty,
native Georgian, ex
perimented with Georgia
pine trees and developed
the process of making
Adams, William H.
Adams, William E. Bell,
Henry Towns, Albert
Jackson, Robert Cobb,
David Lee Burnam,
Charlie Culler, Jessie
Ford, Forrest Whitfield,
Larry Collier, Kenneth M.
Lewis, Otis Lee Smith,
Johnnie B. McLendon,
Mark C. Ira, and Isaiah
Fisher.
Street Department
employees are as follow
J.G. Katsekis, James
Barrs, Joel Baxley, BJ.
Bruce, Willie Green,
Rayfield Johnson, Ray
Miller, John Henry Murph,
Sam Watkins, Horace
Woolfolk, John Davis,
Horace E. Weems, E.E.
Loggins, Edgar Walker,
Jr., and Oscar Mitchell, Jr.
The field sewer is in
charge of Charlie Sturkey.
paper out of pine tree pulp
and also the Herty Tur
pentine Cup.
Georgia has 154 state
House Districts.
Georgia has ten
congressional Districts.
Georgia has 45 state
Judicial Circuits.
Georgia leads the nation
in forest products - over a
billion dollars annually.
Over 25 million acres in
Georgia are planted in
trees.
The world's larges/• &
paper plant is in Savannatr,
Ga.