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Weekend Blazes
Fires Destroy
Lodge And Home
Authorities are in
vestigating the cause of
two local Sunday fires
that destroyed a lounge
on Highway 41 South, and
damaged a home at 1705
Sewell Circle in Perry.
Fire Chief Sirah
Lawhorn said there were
no injuries in the fire that
swept'* through Moss
Oaks Lounge on Highway
41 South, but noted that
the building was "a total
loss."
Chief Lawhorn said fire
engines from Perry, Lake
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The Houston Home Journal
VOL 108 NO.ll
School Board Wonders
Cakewalks
Outlawed?
Will cakewalks survive
as one of the cherished
social graces?
Or will this nostalgic
and innocent way of
raising funds tor school
projects be wiped out by
provisions of the Georgia
Constitution?
And it cakewalks are
not axed by the Con
stitution, then what about
Georgia criminal
statutes? Surely, you say,
it's not a crime to plank
down a quarter and waltz
around the cakewalk in
hopes ot winning one ot
those delicious coconut
numbers?
The subject was raised
by Houston County Board
of Education Chairman
L.A. McConnell during a
board meeting in Perry
Monday.
McConnell mentioned
cakewalks after the
school board was in
formed that several
school fund-raising ac
tivities of county schools
may be in violation of the
state lottery law.
In a letter from school
board attorney Tom
Daniel, it was pointed out
that the lottery law is
violated when people pay
for chances to win a
prize.
''What about
cakewalks?" Chairman
McConnell asked?
"Oh, that's alright,"
replied County School
Supt. David Perdue.
Take The Test?
How did you do on
phase one of last week's
literacy test? Get ready
for part 2 this week which
appears on page 2-B. This
week's test is math and
next week's test will be
verbal.
The literacy test is the
same test the State of
Fla., requires all high
school seniors to pass
Joy and Henderson
responded to the Moss
Oaks fire at 11:35 p.m.
Sunday.
"I don't know what all
was in there, but I doubt
if there's anything
salvagable," Chief
Lawhorn said.
Lawhorn said the
lounge had been leased
by the Perry Moose
Lodge, but that he was
under the impression that
the Lodge's lease had
expired recently, and
that property belonging
"Everybody gets a prize
in our school cakewalks.
If you don't win a cake,
you get a piece of bubble
gum or a sucker. So
everybody wins."
"Well, that's good, "
McConnell replied. "Just
so you're not taking a
chance when the music
stops."
School officials say the
subject of a possible
violation came up after a
side of beef, gas and a
television set were raf
fled off by the parents of
some Northside High
School AFJROTC
students last fall during
the Houston County Fair.
The ruling handed
down by attorney Daniel
states that all lotteries
are prohibited in Georgia
by both the Constitution
and criminal statutes.
He said the Georgia
Constitution Article I,
Section 11, Paragraph 9,
states that "All lotteries
and the sale of lottery
tickets are hereby
prohibited and this
prohibition shall be en
forced by penal laws."
In concluding his report
to the school board,
Daniel stated, "The
couVts of Georgia have
left no doubt that one who
makes a contribution,
receives a ticket or other
type of identification,
which entitles him to an
opportunity to win a
prize, is a lottery and is
illegal."
before they receive their
diplomas. There has been
a lot of discussion in
education circles that a
similar literacy test be
required in Georgia.
Take the test and let us
know what you think. The
first phase of the test
stirred considerable
interest among many
HHJ readers last week.
Give us your reaction.
to the Lodge had been
removed from the
building.
The fire chief said he
believed the building was
owned by Otto Booth.
In another weekend
blaze, Perry firemen
responded to an alarm at
1705 Sewell Circle at 2:35
a.m. Sunday. Chief
Lawhorn said no injuries
were reported at this
residence owned by Jerry
Carver, but that the home
sustained heavy fire
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“Boss Os The Year”
D.P. Hulbert Sr. was named “Boss of the
Year” last Thursday night at the annual awards
night banquet of the Houston County Legal
Secretaries Association. Hulbert, a long-time
Perry attorney in the law firm of Aultman,
Hulbert, Daniel and Lawson, was chosen for the
honor based on a letter submitted by Mrs. Macy
Skinner, shown here, who is a legal secretary in
the Hulbert firm. Also at the banquet held at
Houston Lake Country Club, Juanita Garwood
received the “member of the year” award.
Nunn To Speak At
Perry Woman's Club
"Wills and Estates"
will be the topic of the
guest speaker at the
Perry Woman's Club
monthly meeting. Mr.
George Nunn, local at
torney, will present the
program on "How to
Prepare for Making a
Will and Reasons for
Making a Will."
Monday, March 20 at
Bloodmobile
To Visit Here
The Bloodmobile will be in Perry next Wed.
March 22, at the County Agriculture Building
between the hours of 10 a.m. and 3 p.m.
Perry’s quota for this visit is set at 125
pints. All eligible donors are urged to give
blood. The Perry Pink Ladies will be in
charge of the bloodmobile’s visit.
damage.
He said part of the roof,
one bedroom, one bath
and a portion of a hallway
was destroyed or heavily
damaged by the fire, and
that other areas of the
home were damaged by
heat and smoke.
Lawhorn said none of
the occupants were at
home when the fire
started.
Chief Lawhorn said
investigations are being
conducted to determine
how the fires started.
7:30 p.m. is the scheduled
time for the meeting to be
held at the Crossroads
Methodist Church.
Anyone interested in
knowing more about the
laws governing wills and
estates is cordially in
vited to attend.
The club's business
session is planned for
after refreshments.
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Former Moose Lodge Bums At Midnight
Retail Sales Soar!
Economy Takes
Off In Houston
Continued growth and
prosperity for Houston
County was confirmed
last week in statistics
released by state and
county agencies.
A release from the
Georgia Chamber of
Commerce indicates that
fourth quarter retail
sales for Houston County
Thieves Hit
Perry Schools
Thieves continued to
raid Perry schools in
February, according to a
thett and vandal report
released Tuesday by
Asst. School Supt. Herb
St. John during a regular
session of the Houston
County Board of
Education.
St. John told board
members thieves broke
into Perry Junior High
School and stole visual
aids equipment valued at
almost $2,000.
He said the stolen
items, which were
reported Feb. 1, included
one video tapeplayer
valued at $1,045, one Sony
color TV valued at SSOO,
five video tapes valued at
$135, one adapter worth
SBS and a 16mm projector
valued at S7OO.
Altoget! or, St. John
reported ttu otal value of
the items taken to be
$1,970.
In a similar report
released last month, it
was disclosed that three
electric typewriters
valued at $1,222 were
stolen from the business
department at Perry
High School in January.
Officials said at the
leaped from $49.8 million
in 1976 to $59.1 million in
1977.
And total annual retail
sales skyrocketed from
$191.2 million for Houston
County in 1976, to $214.6
million in 1977.
Fourth quarter retail
sales for Georgia in 1977
totaled $6.2 billion as
time that two suspects
had been arrested in the
case, but that none of the
typewriters had been
recovered.
St. John's vandal and
theft report for February
stated there were 35
cases of vandalism, and
that the cost to repair the
damage had been $745.84.
He noted, however, that
$117.86 of the damage to
school property had been
accidental.
Leading the list on the
vandal report was
damage amounting to
$248.55 at Pearl Stephens
School in Warner Robins.
St. John said the damage
was cause by vandals
shooting school windows
with BB guns.
Second highest on the
vandal report was Perry
High School with
damages of $68.85. Perry
Junior High was third on
the vandal list with
damage amounting to
$72.32, and Warner
Robins High was fourth
with a reported $63.04 in
damages.
Lowest amount of
vandal damage reported
was $6.45 at International
City Stadium in Warner
Robins.
compared to $5.2 billion
for 1976, according to the
survey by the state
Chamber of Commerce.
Year-end totals were
$22.1 billion in 1977 as
compared with $19.7
billion in 1976, an in
crease of $2.4 billion.
In otner economic news
released last week by
Fred Beard, Houston
County building in
spector, it was reported
that total construction
costs in the county
climbed from slightly
more than $5 million in
1976, to $9.3 million in
1977.
Beard disclosed that he
issued 268 residential
permits in 1977, reflecting
a cost of $7.1 million, and
eight commercial per
mits for $2.2 million.
In 1976, Beard said
residential construction
permits were issued for
$4.6 million in residential
construction and $444,900
in commercial con
struction.
In commenting on
Walker Elected Chairman
Os County Library Board
The Houston County
Library Board elected
new officers during a
regular monthly meeting
in Perry last Thursday
night.
Officers elected by the
board were Cohen
Walker, chairman;
Bobby Gordy, vice
chairman; Velma
Collier, secretary and
Glenn Heck Treasurer.
The board also
discussed housing the
Centerville Library in a
multi-purpose building,
and Chairman Walker
asked the board to con
sider the possibility of
housing Mayor James
McKinley's collection of
fourth quarter retail
sales figures, Harriet
Gattis, Georgia Chamber
of Commerce public
relations director, said
taxable sales in counties
are estimated by
calendar quarters of
business, and are based
on Department of
Revenue data for ad
justed gross tax amounts.
She said these figures
exclude out-of-state
purchases, which relate
to use tax amounts, and
indicate place of sale
rather than consumer
buying power by place of
residence.
Beginning in 1975, she
said this series was
revised by adjusting
chain store distribution
growth rate to conform to
each individual county's
single store growth rate.
Previously, she said all
counties were reflecting
the statewide average
growth rate of chain store
activity regardless of
single store growth rate
in the individual county.
memorabilia on Com
modore Oliver Perry in
the Perry Library.
Cohen Walker