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FAA Funds Sought
Airport Expansion Is
Finally Near Finish
The Perry- Fort Valley
Airport expansion probably
this week will be finally
completed and ready for
Federal Aviation Adminis
tration (FAA) approval.
Airport Authority chairman
Bob McLendon told the
Home Journal Monday night
that the lone roadblock to
FAA approval of the
project, putting the VASI
into operation, is supposed
to be cleared this week.
When the VASI (Visual
Approach Slope Indicator)
system is completed and
operational at the end of this
week, McLendon plans to
ask FAA officials to make
Eight Os Twelve Absent
Airport Board Fails
To Show At Meeting
Monday night the Perry-
Fort Valley Airport Autho
rity was forced to cancel its
regularly scheduled meeting
because only four of twelve
Authority members showed
up. The only board members
at the airport were chairman
Bob McLendon, vice chair
man Buddy Stone, secre
tary-treasurer Emmett
Whelchel, and Pete Peter
son.
McLendon explained that
Bill Jerles had called in
saying he was ill, and Cleon
Moore could not attend due
to another good reason. But
McLendon added that none
of the other six members
had indicated they would be
absent.
The cancellation was the
first regular meeting in 1977
Motorcycle Group To
Protest In Atlanta
Perryan Steve Wiley,
district three representative
of the statewide organi
zation known as ABATE,
said today that up to five
thousand Georgia motor
cycle enthusiasts will gather
in Atlanta this Saturday and
Sunday. Many of Houston
County’s “bikers” are ex
pected to “round up”
Saturday at 1:30 p.m. near
Byron-Middle Georgia
Raceway on U. S. 41 to
travel to Atlanta.
Wiley said ABATE stands
for “A Brotherhood Against
Totalitarian Enactment",
and said the group will seek
to get the Georgia General
Assembly to repeal its law
that makes mandatory the
Sales Notice
The Houston County Board of Education has approved the release of
three surplus vehicles. The following procedure will be used in the sale of
these surplus vehicles.
A minumum price has been set on each unit as listed. Each unit will be
sold for the highest cash offer in excess of the minimum price stated below.
Blank forms for making cash offers are available at the Perry School Bus
Shop and the Warner Robins Bus Shop. An envelope will be available in
which you are to submit your quotation. The envelope will not be opened
until 10:00 a.m. Friday, November 4, 1977.
The description of each unit offered for sale is as follows. The vehicles will
be available for your inspection at the Perry School Bus Shop, Houston
Lake Road, Perry, Georgia, between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.
Monday through Friday.
Unit No. Make & Model Pass. Cap. Serial Number Minimum Price
Acceptable
3 1966 Chev. 61 56726A176659 SIOOO.OO
35 1968 Ford 61 870CU827584 SIOOO.OO
78 1968 Ford 61 870CU828927 SIOOO.OO
Shop records on each unit will be available for your inspection.
Buses purchased for uses other than for public school transportation must
be repainted a color other than the school bus yellow before they are placed
in use by the purchaser.
No guarantee will be made on the mechanical condition of tires on these
units. The purchaser must make all arrangements to remove the unit
purchased from the Perry Bus Shop.
If additional information is needed, contact Mr. Herb St. John, Director of
Transportation, Houston County Board of Education. Telephone... Perry,
987-1929.
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their final inspection. The
$900,000 expansion project
has taken several years,
caused controversies, but
has resulted in the airport
runways being expanded to
5,000 feet in length.
McLendon further said
the Airport Authority will
formally apply for FAA
project cost over-run funds
totaling about $67,000 once
the project is certifed. The
acutal paperwork has al
ready been completed and
much of it already sent to
Washington, D. C.
He said the Authority
learned in June no federal
funds would be available
at which less than a quorum
(seven of twelve) had
attended. In 1976, only five
of the twelve monthly
meetings gained a quorum,
McLendon stated. To con
duct official business, the
Authority must have at least
one number representing
each government, and at
least seven total members
present.
The city of Perry has
three members: Mayor
James McKinley, Council
man Ralph Gentry, and
Emmet Whelchel. Only
Whelchel was present Mon
day nght, although Gentry is
usually in attendance. Mc-
Kinley frequently makes the
meetings, although by the
Authority’s charter he and
Fort Valley’s Mayor are
wearing of helmets for
motorcycle riders. Wiley
said the organization is not
against the use of helmets,
but is opposed to compul
sory use.
The weekend will see
thousands of motorcyclists
staying at a 36 acres farm
near Atlanta, he said.
Proceeds from a party
Saturday evening will go to
chairity, he said. Sunday
afternoon the cyclists will
hold a “protest ride” in
downtown Atlanta. He
stressed that all actions will
be legal and orderly.
Anyone wanting more
information can call Wiley at
987-0865 or see him at S and
E Cycle on Ball Street.
until this month. The funds
will be rationed to qualified
projects based on need, and
on a first come, first served
basis.
McLendon is confident the
FAA will fund at least the
largest part of the request,
saying FAA official Doug
Braunsroth “is going to bat
for us. He has been a real
friend. I’m going to make a
point of checking in with him
as soon as the VASI are
repaired.”
The Fort Valley firm of
Giles and Honeycutt was
last month selected to repair
the VASI system at a cost of
around $540. The system has
automatically made voting
members.
Houston County’s repre
sentatives include Commis
sion Chairman Alton Tuc
ker, Dr. Bill Jerles, and
Buddy Stone. All three
usually are in attendance,
although Whelchel was the
only one to show up Monday
night. Although ill, Jerles
told McLendon he would
come if his presence was
necessary to have a quorum.
Representing the city of
Fort Valley is Mayor Paul
Rheeling, Bennett Rigdon
and Cleon Moore. Moore and
Rigdon normally attend but
Rheeling has come to but
one meeting in the last few
years.
Representing Peach
County are Commission
Chairman Donnie Doles,
Pete Peterson and Bob
McLendon. All three are
active usually, with Peter
son and McLendon both
showing up Monday night.
The Airport Authority
was formed in 1971 and
rceived its charter from the
state of Georgia a year later.
That charter specifies that
12 persons will serve, three
appointed by each govern
ment, and further states the
Mayors and Commission
Chairmen will serve.
An attempt was repor
tedly made last year to have
the General Assembly con
sider changing the charter
so elected officials could
appoint substitutes to at
tend in their absence. But
after reported opposition
among some Authority
members, the idea was
dropped.
been a source of continuing
frustration to the Authority,
who for several months has
tried to get the electrical
contractors, Sherkade of
New York, td make the
system operable. But Sher
kade has always contended
the nonfunctioning is due to
design error, not faulty
workmanship and instal
lation.
The airport expansion
project debt was long
thought to be around
$147,000, but in early May
auditor Edgar Barfield told
the Authority the actual
debt was closer to $71,000
which consisted of $15,000
owed to Lowe Engineering,
$29,000 owed to Cherokee
Construction, $26,000 owed
to the state Department of
Transportation, and SIO,OOO
owed to Sherkade.
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Perry’s Count Dracula
Westfield Halloween
Carnival October 29
Whatever you do don't
plan anything for Oct. 29;
reserve that day for an
evening of fun, food, and
bargains at Westfield’s
annual Halloween Carnival
and Auction.
Bring your family and
friends at 5:00 p.m. on the
football field and eat
delicious BBQ plates or
sandwiches, hamburgers,
cakes and pies. There will be
a sweet shop, also you could
win a cake at the cake walk
(all homemade and de
licious.) There will also be
cotton candy, popcorn and
snowcones.
There will be things for
young and old. The young
sters enjoy the fish pond,
PINK
LADIES
SCHEDULE
V y
Friday
9-12 Lois Medlock and
Nancy Albritton
2- Ethel Edwards
9-12 Leonora Houser
Saturday
9-12 Kay Allen
12-3 Joan Christensen
3- Gloria Ragin
Monday
9-12 Evelyn LeVan and
Jean Brewster
2-6 Helen Rickett
6- Doris King
Tuesday
9-3 Lorraine Funk
7- Nancy Colder and
Leonora Houser
Wednesday
9-12 Jewell Mcßae
12-2 Mary Emma Helm
2-6 Mary McKenzie
7-9 Lossie Glover
Thursday
9-12 Mary Ann Dixon
12-2 Lorraine Funk
2-5 Lib Hopkins
6:30-9:30 Kathryn Taylor
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The group shown here are making plans to host the November meeting of the Board of the Georgia Department of
Transportation to be held in Perry on November 17 at the Holiday Inn. Perry State Representative Larry Walker invited 0.0.
T. Commissioner Tom Moreland and the board to meet in Perry. Helping plan the meeting from left to right are, seated, Don
Day, treasurer nfthe D. 0. T; Ann Conner, executive vice president of the Perry Area Chamber of Commerce; Riley Hunt,
chamber president; Bobby Branch, Home Journal publisher; Larry Walker, Perry attorney and State Representative; Lewis
M. Meeks, chairman of the Perry Re-Development Authority and president of the Bank of Perry; Perry Mayor James 0.
McKinley. , "■ : -
shooting gallery, orange
tree and Bean bag toss. The
young at heart will enjoy the
cake walk, bingo and the
country store packed with
homemade treats and maybe
some early Christmas gifts.
There will be a dunking
machine, a hayride, dune
buggy ride, make-up booth
and many, many more to
choose from. Don’t forget to
prepare yourself for the
Horror House or as it is
called, “Dr. Frankenstein’s
Mansion," not for the weak
or easy to faint person.
Before leaving for the
auction be sure to go by and
view the “Grandpa Jack-O-
Lantern” contest entries and
winners.
When the clock strike 8:00
p.m. hurry to get a choice
seat in the Westfield gym
for the benefit auction. Take
the children to the movies in
the high school library to see
“Fluffy” a movie about a lion
starring Tony Randall and
some Roadruniier cartoons.
They will be well supervised
by the Westfield Civinette
Club for two hours so you
can bid it up at the auction.
They are auctioning every
thing from cars to furniture
to tires to fertilizer and you
might be surprised to see all
that will be auctioned.
If you are interested in
donating an article for the
auction please contact Riley
Hunt, Janice Walker or Ella
Ann Lawson.
Card
Os Thanks
I wish to thank our many
friends and neighbors for
their many kindnesses
shown me while I was in the
hospital and since my return
home. The calls, visits,
flowers and food are greatly
appreciated by both of us.
May God bless each of you.
Verna Wright
D.O.T. To Meet In Perry
contd. from front page
Hubert Aultman . . .
senior in the practice of law.
In 1959, Dave Hulbert joined
the Nunn-Aultman firm. The
firm at present is Aultman,
Hulbert, Daniel and Lawson
with Tom Daniel and Hugh
Lawson as partners,
partners.
Mr. Aultman was past
president of the Houston
County Bar Association,
past president of the Macon
Circuit Bar Association, a
member of the American
Bar Association and of the
Georgia State Bar Assoc
iation of which he was a
former director. He repre
sented Houston County in
the Georgia General Assem
bly in 1949-50.
A member of the Perry
United Methodist Church
for over thirty years, Mr.
Aultman was a former
chairman of the administra
tive board and a teacher of
the Susannah Wesley Sun
day School class for several
years.
Mr. Aultman was a past
president of the Perry
Kiwanis club and a past
lieutenant-governor of Ki
wanis. He was a past
president of the Perry
Chamber of Commerce. He
was a former commander of
Veterans of Foreign Wars.
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Overton Jewelers in downtown Perry has undergone a recent renovation process as part of
the downtown redevelopment program. Overton's has been doing business in downtown Perry
for more than 20 years. The jewelry store is owned and operated by Mr. and Mrs. Bill Overton,
and their youngest son, Danny. Bill Overton is a member of the board of directors of the Perry
Redevelopment Authority, the group which kicked off the renovation of the centra! business
district.
HOUSTON HOME JOURNAL THURS., OCT. M, IW7,
He was a member of
Houston Lodge No. 35, F.
and A. M.
Survivors include his wife,
Eleanor Anderson Aultman,
of Perry; a son, Charles A.
Aultman, of Warner Robins;
a daughter, Ann Aultman, of
Winston-Salem, North Caro
lina; his parents, Judge and
Mrs. W. D. Aultman, of
Byron; a sister, Mrs. Ted
Owens of Decatur, Ga.; a
grand daughter, Cheryl Aul
tman, of Warner Robins.
The Aultman home is on
Mossland Drive at Houston
Lake. Until incapacitated by
illness two years, Hubert
Aultman led an active and
Hayneville Sisters
Battle Blaze Sunday
Hayneville Volunteer Fire
Department fire chief E C
Padgett, Jr. said two older
ladies living in the Hayne
ville community put out a
fire in their home, while the
volunteers battled a blaze a
few miles away.
Padgett said Sunday
morning a blaze broke out in
a home in Hayneville and
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useful life. Although quiet
and unassuming in manner,
Mr. Aultman was recognized
as an able lawyer, a very
intelligent man with a keen
sense of humor, and as a
kind, Christian gentleman.
Funeral services were
held at four o’clock Wednes
day afternoon at Perry
United Methodist Church
with Rev. Thomas Johnson
and Rev. J. B. Smith,
pastors, officiating.
Pallbearers were Tom
Daniel, Dave Hulbert, Hugh
Lawson Jr., Dr. J. L.
Gallemore, Judge George
Culpepper, Dr. H. E.
Weems, T. D. Mason Jr.,
and W. G. Mullins Jr..
Private interment follow
ed at Evergreen Cemetery.
The family requested no
flowers.- R. C. H.
eventually consumed the
home. At the same time,
while the firemen were
already occupied, a fire
erupted at the home of Mrs.
R. L. Cannon of Hayneville.
The resourceful Mrs. Can
non and her sister threw
enough water on the walls to
douse the flames and even
had enough vision to turn off
their gas supply.