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Wendy Walker of Perry and her grand
champion market hog in the 1978 Georgia Jr.
Market Hog Show are shown here at last
Houston 4-H’ers Dominate Again
Perryan’s Entry Wins
Ga. State Hog Show
Houston County 4-H'ers
proved recently that
history can repeat itself
as Wendy Walker of
Perry showed the grand
champion market hog in
Macon. Her brother,
Larry had the champion
hog at last year's show.
The state market hog
show held In Macon last
Monday brought together
the best of over 600
market hogs from across
Georgia. That was the
number of hogs entered
in four district shows held
on Saturday before the
big show on Monday.
Four-H'ers from
Houston continued their
domination ot the Central
Extension district show
on Saturday. Ot 84 hogs
City Gets Big Check
From Ga. Power Co.
A check for $110,442.33
was delivered February
27 to the City of Perry by
M.H. Wither Ington,
Perry Local Manager,
Georgia Power Com
pany. Mayor James
McKinley accepted the
check tor the city.
This check represents a
percentage of the gross
receipts received In 1977
by the company from the
sale of electric power In
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Mayor Accepts Check
District Manager of the Perry office of Georgia Power Co., M.H.
u 'i therington (left), presents check to Mayor James McKinley in the
amount of $110,442.33 representing Ga. Power’s franchise payment to the
city for 1977. The check was presented to the Mayor Monday at City Hall.
Wendy Walker With Her Winner
shown, Houston had 37
entries with 21 receiving
blue ribbons and an in
vitation to show In the
state show. Rhonda
Langston and Wendy
Walker took first place
ribbons in the medium
weight classes. Wendy's
class winner also took
reserve champion ot the
district show. Kay
Bloodworth had the
second place in the light
weight class. Others
receiving blue ribbons
were: Jimmy Kersey,
Angela Lane, Jim
Bloodworth, Gay
Thomson, Tommy
Thomson, Terri Blood
worth, Susan Thames,
Chip Langston, Larry
Walker, Jody Batchelor
♦he city. The payment Is
made under the
Municipal Partnership
Plan. It is In addition to
the company's property
♦ axes, which on a
statewide basis last year
totaled approximately
$34,870,000.
The utility is paying
$22,281,682 In 1977 gross
receipts taxes to the
communities of Georgia
this year. This is an in
Monday’s state show in Macon. Wendy is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Larry Walker of Perry.
and Jim Rush. Holly Hunt
and Craig Duke had red
ribbon hogs. Jessie
McCuan, Terri Blood
worth and Tommy
Thomson had hogs that
showed well at the county
show but couldn't be
shown at district because
of damage to the hogs by
a dog attack.
Tommy Thomson, Chip
Langston and Kay
Bloodworth received
third, fourth and fifth
place ribbons in Junior
Showmanship. Gay
Thomson and Terri
Bloodworth received
third and fourth place
honors in the district
Senior Showmanship
contest.
The state show brought
crease of approximately
$2,782,000 over the
amount paid last year.
The company's total
tax expense for 1977 was
$212,955,000. This does not
include the sales tax the
company collects from its
customers for the State of
Georgia, nor does It
include the sales tax the
company pays on
materials used in its
operation.
together the really out
standing hogs and
showman from every
corner of Georgia.
Houston 4-H'ers had 14
hogs in a total of 125.
Wendy Walker had a first
and second class placing
plus the grand champion
hog. Kay Bloodworth had
second and 21st placings.
Larry Walker placed
third in a middle weight
class. Jim Bloodworth's
Daisy placed fourth in a
light weight class.
Rhonda Langston placed
fifth as did Gay Thomson
in the mid weight classes.
Chip Langston, Terri
Bloodworth, Susan
Thames, and Angela
Lane had hogs placing
from 9th through 18th.
All in all, Houston
County 4-H'ers continue
to be well represented In
market hog show com
petition. The ribbons,
trophies, prize money
and honors will keep
piling up as long as we
have the interest and
support of our youth and
their parents. Most of
them are already plan
ning on bigger and better
things for next year.
Church Women
To Gather At
St. Patrick's
Church Women United
of Perry will hold a 10:00
a.m. service on Friday,
March 3rd at St.
Patrick's Catholic
Church, Perry, in ob
servance of the "World
Day of Prayer". This
year's theme is "Com
munity Spirit In Modern
Living".
Representatives from
area churches are: Alice
Phelps, Crossroads
Methodist; Ruth Logue,
First Baptist; Shirley
Kirkpatrick, Perry
Presbyterian; Emmie
Johnson, Perry
Methodist; Pam Boyette,
St. Christopher's; Deana
Borden, St. Patrick's R.
Catholic.
Father Hugh Marshall,
of St. Patrick's will speak
on the theme. Music will
be provided by Ralph
McAfee, vocalist, and
Mitzi Elwood, organist.
A nursery will be
provided for pre-school
children, and Sf.
Patrick's is equipped
with a cry room.
Book On Community
Services Published To
Aid Houston Citizens
A monumental book on
community services in
Houston County -- one
that pinpoints every
agency that provides help
to socially physically or
economically han
dicapped persons - has
been published in Warner
Robins by a group of
volunteers representing
churches and civic
groups.
Titled of the book is a
"Guide To Community
Services in Houston
County,” and it is a
directory of social ser
vices and other com
munity activities.
The guide was com
piled and published with
the help of volunteers
from the Church Women
United of Greater Warner
Robins; the Warner
Robins branch of the
American Association of
Uni versify Women;
Glenn Heck, a member of
the Houston County
Board of Education, the
Warner Robins Chamber
of Commerce and is being
printed by the Houston
County Vocational
Center.
The publishers state
that any omission of
agencies or organizations
is unintentional, and that
no attempt is made to
evaluate services
presented in the book.
Publishers of the guide
also state, "It is hoped
that this compilation will
make it easier for per
sons to locate the
resources and services
available to them.
Locating available
resources shouldn't be
too much trouble because
the book contains 35
pages with 87 paragraphs
that refer to different and
specific services.
The reference list, for
example, begins with
Abortion, Abused Child,
Adoption, Adult
Education, Aged,
Agriculture, Alcoholism,
Animals, Antipoverty,
and Arthritis.
Under the subject of
Abortion, the guide refers
to paragraphs 28, 36 and
44. Paragraph 28 outlines
services provided by
Family And Children
Services, paragraph 36
explains the subject from
the Health Department's
point of view, and
paragraph 44 tells about
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Mrs. Emma Stapleton, sweetheart of the New
Perry Nursing Home, and Tony Edmondson,
president of the Perry Heart Fund, are both
shown busily rocking away last Wed. during the
Rock and Roll Jamboree held at the New Perry
counseling available
through the Houston
Drug Action Council.
Other random subjects
covered by the guide
include birth defects,
blood pressure, cancer,
civil rights, consumer
budgets, crippled
children, dental services,
diabetes, disaster ser
vice, emotional
problems, employment,
epilepsy, family plan
ning, food stamps,
homeless children, im-
Razzie’s Band At ‘Jamboree’
Razzie Bailey and his famous band perform for residents and visitors
at the New Perry Nursing Home last Wed. in the first ever “Rock and
Roll” jamboree. The jamboree was sponsored jointly by the Nursing
Home and the Perry Heart Fund to raise funds to battle heart disease.
PHS Glee Club Sings
The Perry High School Glee Club was part of the entertainment
program during the ‘‘rock and roll” jamboree held at the New Perry
Nursing Home last Wed. to help raise funds for the Perry Heart Fund.
Macon recording artist Razzie Bailey and his band also performed during
the day.
Rocking For Heart Fund
HOUSTON HOME JOURNAL THURS., MAR 2, 1971,
migrants, juvenile
deliquency, libraries,
nursing homes, parents
(widowed or divorced),
probate court, rape,
rheumatism, runaways
senior citizens and social
security.
Also included in the
guide is information
concern i ng tran
sportation, tuberculosis,
unwed mothers, veneral
disease, veterans,
vocational education,
welfare and youth
Nursing Home to help raise funds for the Perry
Heart Fund. Residents at the home ‘‘rocked and
rolled'’ in tune to music played by the famous
Razzie Bailey band, who was on hand for the
fund-raising event.
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counseling.
It should be em
phasized that the subjects
mentioned in this article
represent only a small
portion of the total
spectrum of subjects
covered by the guide to
community services.
The book has already
been printed by students
at the Vocational Center,
and should be bound and
ready for distribution
within the next two or
three weeks.