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Voi. 107 No. 43
Applications Now Being Accepted
Low Rent Housing
To Open On Nov. 1
Perry's 50-unlt low rent
housing project on
Perimeter Road will be
ready for occupancy by
November 1, Housing
Authority officials told
the Home Journal this
week. Housing Authority
chairman Pete
Floats Now
Sought For
Christmas
Parade Here
The Perry Moose
Lodge is sponsoring this
year's Perry Christmas
Parade. The parade,
which signals the arrival
of Santa in Perry, will be
on Saturday, Dec. 4, at
3:30 p.m.
Civic club and com
mercial floats as well as
marching and riding
units are welcome to
participate in the parade.
For further information
about floats and units,
call Walt Rembisz at 987-
1908 or City Councilman
Al Baggarley at Security
Federal at 987-1522.
Downtown Promotion
Council Is Formed
An enthusiastic group
of Perry central business
district businessmen and
women met here Tuesday
night at an organizational
meeting and formed
"The Downtown Promo
tion Council of Perry."
The Promotion Council,
which will operate as an
arm of The Perry
Redevelopment Au
thority, set as their
goals and objectives to
seek 100 percent mem
bership of all the
downtown area
businesses and to develop
a coordinated advertising
program for special
events and promotions to
further develop and
promote downtown
Perry.
Elected president of the
Trick Or Treat
Set Monday Night
The annual “Trick or Treat” night in Perry is
set for Monday night (Halloween night) Oct. 31,
between the hours of 6:30 and 8:30 p.m. The trick
or treat hours are set each year by the Perry City
Council.
Perry police chief B.E. Dennard this week
urged parents to accompany younger children on
their trick or treat rounds. He also cautioned
motorists in Perry to drive carefully and watch
for the young goblins and ghosts in the streets
and neighborhoods Monday night.
The Houston Home Journal
Whitehurst and executive
director Lewis Tabor said
the $1,227,000 project is
currently taking ap
plications for residence.
The 20-acre complex
was financed through the
federal Department of
Housing and Urban
Development (HUD) by
sales of revenue bonds to
private banking in
stitutions. Since it is
financed through the
federal government, the
project is subject to
fulfilling all federal
regulations in area of
equal opportunities and
selection of tenants.
The 50-unit complex
consists of 15-one
bedroom units set aside
for the elderly, four- one
bedroom units for
anyone; twelve- two
bedroom units; fourteen
three bedroom units; and
five- four bedroom units.
Authority executive
director Tabor said
around 120 applications
for residence have
already been received,
more than half
requesting two
bedrooms.
Downtown Council until
Jan. 1, 1978, was down
town insurance agent
Wendell Whipple; Bar
bara Jones, owner of
Jones Jewelers in
downtown Perry, will
take over president of the
Council on Jan. 1. In the
meantime, Miss Jones is
serving as vice president.
Ann Sinyard, co-owner of
Sinyard's Printing and
Office Supplies, was
elected secretary and
treasurer.
The board of directors,
other than the officers of
the Council, include:
Mildred Warren, Horace
& Mildred Shop; Joan
Chase, The Perry
Bookstore; Mary
Eckhardt, Crossroads
Crafts; Billy Bledsoe,
Georgia’s Number One Weekly Newspaper
Perry, Houston County, Go., Thursday Oct. 27, 1977
No lodging assign
ments have yet been
made and the Authority
will still accept ap
plications. They must be
filled out in person at the
Authority's offices in the
commercial building
located at the in
tersection of Carroll and
Ball Streets in downtown
Perry. Applicants should
come between the hours
of 9:00 a.m. and 12:00
noon, Monday through
Friday.
All applications more
than 90 days old must be
updated, Tabor added.
The formula for deciding
who can live in the
apartments and how
much rent will be paid is
very complex, chairman
Whitehurst stated.
Briefly stated, the in
Perry Elem. Carnival Sat.
HALLOWEEN CARNIVAL-Saturday, Oc
tober 29--ll;00 a.m. until 3:30 p.m.—Perry
Elementary School. Ghosts and Goblins and
Clowns, too. Apple-bobbing, dart throw, movies
and much, much more!! Enjoy a day of fun with
your children and support the Perry Elementary
PTC.
The Swank Shop; Aldene
Lasseter, Lasseter's
Furniture and Appliance
Co.; Gail Brown, The
Bank of Perry; Charles
Malone, Richardson
Realty Co.; Barbara
Glassford, The Perry
Flower & Gift Em
porium; Joe Hickman,
developer of The Village
Shopping Center in
downtown Perry. Ex
officio members of the
board are Bobby Branch
of The Houston Home
Journal, Lowell Register
of WPGA Radio and
Perry Redevelopment
Authority chairman
Lewis M. Meeks,
President of The Bank of
Perry.
The membership
committee of The
Downtown Council is
headed by Mrs. Ann
Sinyard and members of
the committee are Billy
Bledsoe, Joe Hickman
and Wendell Whipple,
These Council members
will begin contacting
right away downtown
area merchants,
professional offices and
service organizations to
join the Council. For
information on how to
join, anyone interested
should contact Mrs.
Sinyard at 987-4700.
Authority chairman
Lewis Meeks, who has
been at the head of the
downtown redevelopment
project since It was
organized in late 1973,
told the Downtown
Council Tuesday night, "I
believe this is one of the
most vital groups to come
out of the long-range
project that has been
come after exemptions
allowed is; one person
-56,250; two persons
s7,loo; three persons
sß,ooo; four persons
sß,9oo; five persons
s9,4so; six persons
slo,ooo; seven persons
slo,sso; and eight or
more- $11,150.
Rent paid for an
apartment could run as
high as $l5O, Tabor said.
He added that it will be
"highly possible" no two
families will pay the
same rent, since so many
variables are taken into
account in establishing
the necessary rent.
Rent paid for the
apartment does NOT
include natural gas,
electricity or the
beginning deposits.
taking place in our
downtown area. It is now
up to you to take the ball
and promote the down
town area in the very best
way possible. We have
accomplished more than
anyone could have ever
imagined a couple of
years ago but we have
really only scratched the
surface. It is now your
task to get people in
volved from all over the
community in promoting
the downtown area for
what it is...a good place to
shop and to visit."
Barbara Jones Com
mented, "We, the
downtown area mer
chants, feel strongly
we have many things to
offer shoppers In the
areas of personal service,
competitive prices and a
top line of merchandise.
This is the message we
want to get across to
consumers in Perry,
tourists and shoppers
outside of Perry. The
Downtown Council, with
all merchants working
together, will be able to
accomplish this and
continue to make
downtown Perry an
important, viable part of
this community."
The Downtown Council
plans to announce soon a
calendar of events for
December. One of the
main events will be a
merchants open house in
the downtown area on a
Sunday afternoon in
December.
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Looking over final plans for Perry’s low rent
housing project are from left. Harris Wilson,
project inspector: Bobby McCook, building
Some of the 50 low rent housing units on
Perimeter Road can be seen here along with the
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Perry Housing Authority executive director
Lewis Tabor (left) and Authority chairman Pete
Medusa Names
New Engineer
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John Hall
Looking Over Final Plans
Some Os 50 Units
Inspecting Kitchen
Medusa Cement has
announced that Mr. John
I. Hall, 111 has accepted
the position of
"Operations Engineer"
effective October 3, 1977
and has commenced
working at Medusa
Cement's Cllnchfleld,
Georgia plant.
A native of Macon,
Georgia, Mr. Hall will
reporf to the plant
manager and provide
technical assistance
throughout the operation.
Mr. Hall recently
received a B.S. Degree in
Chemical Engineering
from Georgia Tech in
Atlanta, Georgia.
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foreman; Lewis Tabor, executive director of the
Perry Housing Authority; Pete Whitehurst,
chairman of the Housing Authority.
extensive landscaping on the grounds now un
derway.
Whitehurst, inspect the fully equipped kit
chens in the 50 low rent units.
Mechanical Problems
Hamper Home Journal
For the pasttwo weeks, The Home Journal has
been experiencing a number of mechanical
problems with the typesetting system in the
newspaper’s plant.
The problems this week have made it im
possible to include all items that normally ap
pear in the week’s edition. We apologize for this
situation. We feel all the problems will be
cleared up by next week and your Home Journal
will resume normal operations. Thank you for
your understanding and patience during these
past two, trying weeks.
--Bobby Branch
Time Change!!
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