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Effective Jan. 1, 1978
County Unemployment Ins.
Costs To Come From Taxes
The employees of
Houston County's
government will be able
to collect unemployment
insurance from the
county general fund
effective January 1, 1978
if removed from the
active employee list. On
that date the county itself
is responsible for
unemployment benefits
costs, instead of the
federal government, as
was previously the case.
Tuesday morning the
County Commission
decided to take the
reimbursable plan in
stead of contributing
around $25,000 a year to a
fund set up by the state
for such purposes. So if
an employee loses his or
her job, they will collect
from the county, not from
the federal government
or the statewide fund.
For several weeks the
commissioners had
weighed the two alter
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On Friday Oct. 28, Girl Scout Troop No. 295 held a Halloween party at
the Presbyterian Youth Center. Winners of the costume contest are
pictured in front (I to r): first- Nicole Stephens, second- Michelle Allen,
third- Daphne Caldwell. Others attending the party in the troop were
(back row, I to r) Cindy Diglis, Kim Lynn, Lea Baumli, and Denise
Raffield.
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Mayor James McKinley (c) signed a proclamation last week making
Nov. 20-26 “Family Unit Week” in Perry. Parents are urged to use this
time to draw together with their children in love and kindness. The
church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Atlanta Region, is sponsoring
“Family Unit Week ” and representatives shown with the mayor from
the church are (I) Elder Andy W. Newman and Elder Mark B. Olsen.
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research by Clerk
Lamar Brown and
Assistant Clerk Putney
Goodwin, Jr. Indicated
claims would fall below
the $25,000 yearly figure,
the board chose the
reimbursable method.
The motion was by Dr.
V.W. McEver Jr.
seconded by Charles
Carter and passed by a
unanimous vote.
Also in the motion was
acceptance of a contract
with Reed, Roberts and
Associates of Atlanta to
administer the claim for
SI.BO per employee per
year.
High Water Bill
The board, meeting at
the Courthouse in Perry,
refused to reduce a water
bill owed by a Walnut
Ridge Drive resident.
The rural water system
customer has an out
standing bill of around
$250 for the past two
months, about S2OO above
normal.
Though they could not
reduce or eliminate the
bill, the board expressed
their regrets, saying they
understood that a burst
pipe in an unknown
location on the woman's
side of the water meter
had caused the ab
normally high bill.
Bookkeeping for Sale?
The commissioners
also discussed possible
sale of their LSOOO
Burroughs bookkeeping
machine to the Middle
Georgia Community
Action Agency for an
amount in excess of
$3,500. The county paid
around $30,000 for the
machine six years ago,
according to Commission
Chairman Alton Tucker,
but now has almost
completed changeover to
use 6T an 18, system,
rendering the Burroughs
machine of no use.
Assistant County Clerk
Putney Goodwin Jr. told
the board a company had
OBITUARIES
Last Rites Held For
Julius L. L 59
Julious Logan Lane, 59,
of Rte. 2, died Monday
October 31, 1977 in a local
hospital after a brief
Illness. Memorial ser
vices were held at 11 a.m.
Wednesday November 2
in the chapel of Watson-
Hunt Funeral Home.
Mr. Lane, a native of
Dodge County, lived In
Perry 17 years, coming
from Macon. He was a
farmer, ar member of the
Houston County Farm
Bureau, a Mason and a
offered to pay around
$3,500 for the still -
operable machine, but
then could re-sell It for
around $10,500. He
Local Group Forms New
Pnxtuction, Pub. Cxmvpany
The forming of the
Crossroads Production 8.
Publication Co. was
announced Thursday,
October 20, 1977 by Mrs.
Jan Parker and Mrs.
Faye Johnson. This
company will be bringing
quality leisure time
activities into Perry and
developing new ac
tivities, using the talents
of local people.
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A dream of Mrs.
Parker, who is an ac
complished musician and
composer, has been to
assist in revealing and
developing the talents
and materials of others,
Gromnia Church To
Name Six New Deacons
The Grovanla New
Testament Church will
ordain six men as
deacons on Sunday, Nov.
13 at 2 p.m. Men being
ordained are David
Forehand, Lamar
Fowler, Perkins Jenkins,
Jerome Kennedy, James
McDowell and Melvin
Owens.
Rev. Buddy Averett of
Perry will preach the
Library Quiz
BETWEEN THE BOOKENDS QUIZ FOR KIDS
1. Name the Hardy Boys.
2. What does Nancy Drew’s father do for a
living?
Answers to these questions can be found on the
Children’s Librarian’s desk at the Perry
Library. Story hours are held on Wednesdays at
10:30 and 1:30 and on Thursdays at 10:30. Movies
for children in grades 2-6 are shown every
Wednesday at 4 p.m.
The Pilot Club of Perry ia busy preparing for their annual Flea Market
to be held at the National Guard Armory on Sat. and Sun., Nov. 19 and 20.
Shown here is (Ur) Betty Richerson, Martha Deadwyler, Vivian Crut
chfield, and Ruth Johnson and some of the “goodies” to be on sale along
with antiques, art, crafts, junque and tasty foods.
veteran of World War 11,
having served In the Air
Force. He was a Baptist.
Survivors Include his
wife, Mrs. Irene P. Lane
of Perry; two sisters,
Mrs. Clayton Moore of
Eastman and Mrs.
Lorene Fincher of Ab
beville; and two brothers,
Raymond Lane, Jr. and
Leroy Lane, both of
Mlltedgevllle.
The family requests
that contribution be made
to the donor's favorite
suggested they negotiate
for a price somewhere
between the two figures
with the Middle Georgia
CAA.
and to fill a need in the
community for better
entertainment. Mrs.
Johnson, writer of
business and religious
materials, shares similar
dreams and adds her
expertise to the company
in the field of production
and marketing.
The first major event
will be to present Jan in
concert, November 11,
1977 at the Holiday Halls,
Perry, Ga. Tickets are
available to the concert
at $4.00 each. Jan will
present a program of
classical, semi-classical,
patriotic, and religious
songs.
ordination sermon. Rev.
Thomas Huff of
Hayneville will present
the candidates and
moderate the presbytery.
Rev. Werner McClung
will moderate the church.
On Monday, Nov. 14,
thru Friday, Nov. 18 the
church will hold revival
services at 7:30 each
evening. The church
welcomes all to come and
worship.
charity.
Mrs. Akins
Mrs. Grace Fisher
Akins of 205 La Prade
Road, Griffin, Georgia,
died Thursday, October
27th, In an Atlanta
hospital, after a period of
declining health, from
leukemia. Services were
held Saturday, October
29th In the chapel of
Pittman-Rawls Funeral
Home and Interment was
In Oak Hill Cemetery in
Griffin.
Mrs. Akins was the
daughter of the late Mr.
and Mrs. Samuel W.
Fisher of Griffin and the
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Cancer Card Benefit
Getting ready for the Cancer Society Benefit Card Party are some
volunteers (I to r) Ethel Edwards, Fran Peake, Theresa Renegar, and
Doris Hulbert. The card party will be held at the Holiday Inn on Friday,
Nov. 14 from 7:30 - 11:00 p.m. Participants are asked to form their own
table for bridge, pinochle, tripoly, and canasta. For more information
call Theresa Renegar at 987-5224 or Doris Hulbert at 987-1562.
For Lake joy Area
Fire Station Bid Os
$20,000 Is Accepted
The communities of
Lake Joy and Houston
Lake at last will soon
have their own masonry
fire station. Tuesday
morning the Houston
County Commission
accepted a bid of $20,566
from Bridge Construction
to bui Id a 30 feet by 60 feet
station near Lake Joy on
Lake Joy Road.
Winning bidder was
The Lakes fire chief Ray
Bridges, who is a building
contractor. He donated
several weeks ago to the
county the land on which
the station will be built.
His bid was $66 higher
than that of Benny
Leverette Construction of
Warner Robins, but the
commissioners In
their advertising and bid
forms had reserved the
right to accept any bid,
not necessarily the lowest
one.
Dr. V.W. McEver, Jr.
moved to accept Bridges'
bid of $20,566 and noted
his motion was due to
Bridges earlier having
donated the property. He
was seconded by Frank
Rozar and the motion
passed by a unanimous
vote.
widow of F. Terrell
Akins. Until her
retirement, she was
employed by Franklln-
Simon of Atlanta. She
was a member of Griffin
First Baptist Church and
was very active In the
Sunday School Depart
ment while her health
permitted.
She is survived by one
daughter, Mrs. Clyde
Newbury of Tampa,
Florida; two sons, Frank
T. Akins of Chattanooga,
Tenn. and Mark M. Akins
of Chevy Chase,
Maryland; 2 sisters, Mrs.
John Bell and Miss
Martha Fisher of Griffin;
brother, S. Watson Fisher
of Perry and thirteen
grandchildren.
HOUSTON HOME JOURNAL, THURS., NOV. 3, 1*77,
The other bidders on
the project were: AAA
Home Improvements of
Warner Robins- $45,000;
Bibb Erection Co. of
Macon- $28,983 for a steel
structure; Georgia Steel,
Inc. of Macon- $30,671 for
a steel building; and
Twiggs Construction of
Macon- $33,333 tor a steel
building. The board of
commissioners pre
viously had instructed
that bids on both a steel
and masonry building be
accepted, with the
commissioners taking
whichever they
preferred.
The structure will
house the two fire trucks
utilized by "the Lakes"
volunteer fire depart
ment. It will be sixty feet
long and thirty feet in
depth. The floor will be
concrete and the front of
the building will be brick.
Bridges Tuesday
morning told the com
missiones he can start
fairly soon and will
assure them of an early
completion date, since he
and the other community
fire chiefs have asked for
the station for over a
year.
In other activity the
commissioners rezoned
from R-l to C-2 a 3,600
square feet tract of land
belonging to William D.
Selph, located at the
intersection of Elberta
and Dunbar Roads. Selph
had earlier requested the
rezoning.
Also rezoned, from R-l
to R-3, was 111.06 acre
tract belonging to Selph
located in a triangle
formed by Elberta,
Dunbar and North
Houston Roads. R-l
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St. Christopher’s Gourmet Dinner
It’s time to prepare yourself for another
feast! St. Christopher’s Episcopal Church is
having their second “Gourmet Dinner’’
Sunday, November 13, 12:00 - 1:30 p.m.
Ann Coley, chairman, says things are
already under way in preparation for a
palate-pleasing array of food our guests will
surely enjoy.
We invite all our friends who have joined us
in the past to come back again. And if you’ve
never had the pleasure of dining with us at St.
Christopher’s, we extend a special invitation
to you. We feel certain you’ll be pleased that
you did. Milo Medlock, ticket sales chair
man, will be glad for you to call him, 967-3859
or contact rny-church member.
Mark your calendar; just two Sundays
from now, Nov. 13.
Re-Elect Jerome Bloodworth
To Post Three
"A Self-Sponsored Candidate
Interested In Good
Government- And You!"
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zoning is for single family
residential structures, if
while R-3 also allows
mobile home parks.
Tabled for two weeks
was a request for a
hardship placement of a
mobile home at 207
Knodishall Drive near
Warner Robins. T.T.
Parkerson had requested
the out-of-zone placement
to take care of his crip
pled brother,
Card of f
Thanks
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MAY GOD BLESS
OUR HOSPITAL
I would like to thank the
Perry-Houston County
Hospital and the
miraculous job each and
everyone did in helping
me overcome my
traumatic experience.
Beginning with Dr. Dean,
Dr. Hulsey, the nurses,
staff and Pink Ladies.
Also, I would like to
thank the many
in and around the city of
Perry both black and
white, who have con
tinued to pray to our Lord
for the restoration of my
health. I personally feel
that the staff and per
sonnel of the Perry
Hospital capable of
handling any given
emergency or situation at
any given time. In
closing, I and my family
would like to extend our
deepest appreciation to
my relatives, friends and
the entire Perry com
munity.
Praise the Lord!
Rev. Harold Ross, Sr.
and Family