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J Government ‘Coin Trick’
I Uncle Sam Profiting
From Houston Coins
By means of a bit of abracadabra, Uncle
Sam is able to glean some $252,350 a year
from the pockets of Houston County
residents. And they aren’t even aware of it.
Nothing up the sleeve. Just a coin trick --
issuing coins stamped 50 cents, 25 cents, 10
cents and the like, when the intrinsic worth of
the coins, now that base metals and not silver
are used in their manufacture, is only a
fraction of their indicated value.
The story is told in the annual report of the
Director of the Mint, recently released.
According to its figures, in the past fiscal
year the procedure yielded the Government a
I profit, called seigniorage, of close to $750
million. It went directly into the Federal
coffers.
Houston County’s contribution toward this
profit, related to its portion of the 13 billion
| coins that were produced in the year, was
; approximately $252,350, or about $3.50 per
| local resident.
It was due, chiefly, to the big gap between
the face value of the coins that were minted
and the cost of the metals that went into
To Represent District
Perry Scout Troop 96
Named Camporee’s Best
The 1978 Spring Scout
Camporee was held In
Little Oaky Woods
recently. 185 Scouts and
Adults registered for the
Camporee. The feature
attraction was the
"modified" Klondike
Derby. The competitive
events were provided by
five events to select the
District representative to
the Council competition
on May 6 at the Scout
Expo 78 at Central City
Park in Macon. The
winners of the events
were as follows:
Log Rolling; Scout
patrol; Ist Place Troop
246, Centerville, Cobra
Patrol; 2nd place Troop
96 Perry, Eagle Patrol;
3rd place Troop 566,
Warner Robins, Bobcat
Patrol.
Leadership Corps: Ist
place Troop 121, Warner
Robins, Green Bar
Patrol; 2nd place Troop
122, Warner Robins,
Flaming Arrow (Senior
Patrol); 3rd place Troop
58, Warner Robins,
Leadership corps.
Nature Memory Hunt:
Scout Patrol Ist place
At Supper Meeting
Perry AARP Plans Trips
To New Orleans , Nashville
Perry Chapter No. 1744
of the American
Association of Retired
Persons had a supper
meeting Tuesday night,
March 14, at the Houston
County Agricultural
building.
Ken LeVan, president,
presided over the brief
business session and
announced that a cardio
vascular film would be
shown at the April
meeting.
W.K. Whipple,
chairman Tours,
discussed plans for a trip
to New Orleans in April
and another to "Grand
Ole Opry" in Nashville,
Tenn. in May. Those
interested in the New
Orleans trip were
requested to contact Mrs.
Macy Skinner, secretary.
Milo Med lock reported
on the tax-aide service
available on Tuesday
from 2 to 4 p.m. and on
Saturday from 10 a.m. to
noon at Eastgate branch
of the Bank of Perry.
Troop 96, Perry, Eagle
Patrol; 2nd place, Troop
596, Perry, Wombat
Patrol; 3rd place. Troop
96, Perry, Antelope
Patrol.
Leadership Corps: Ist
place. Troop 58, Warner
Robins, Leadership
Corps; 2nd place (tie)
Troop 121, Warner
Robins, Green Bar
Patrol, 2nd place, Troop
122, Warner Robins,
Flaming Arrow Patrol.
Knot Tying Relay:
Scout Patrol: Ist place,
Troop 96, Perry, Antelope
Patrol; 2nd place, Troop
96, Perry, Eagle Patrol;
3rd place, Troop 566,
Warner Robins, Bobcat
Patrol.
Leadership Corps: Ist
place, Troop 121, Warner
Robins, Green Bar
Patrol, 2nd place, Troop
58, Warner Robins,
Leadership Corps; 3rd
place. Troop 122, Warner
Robins, Flaming Arrow
Patrol.
First Aid: Scout
Patrol: Ist place, Troop
58, Warner Robins,
Viking Patrol; 2nd place
(tie). Troop 58, Warner
Mrs. Frank Pate asked
members to request their
pastors to observe Older
Americans Day on
Sunday during the month
of May.
Mrs. Paul Hardy an
nounced that a "Flea
Market" would be held
some time in April with
proceeds to go to the
Meal - on - Wheels
program. Other mem
bers of the committee,
Milo Medlock, Mrs.
Kathryn Taylor, and Mrs.
Barbara Cochran or Mrs.
Hardy, may be contacted
for information con
cerning this event.
Mrs. Ruby Hodges
gave a report on
legislative matters af
fecting older citizens.
Mrs. Blanche Sullivan,
k the oldest member of the
Perry chapter, was
congratulated on her
recent 93rd birthday.
William Hatley, public
affairs officer of WPGA
Radio Station, told of a
machine and cassettes
them.
Treasury Department figures show that
the metal in today’s penny is worth only
about 1/3 of a cent and, in the quarter, less
than % of a cent.
The Mint has been going full blast in the
past year or two, trying to maintain the
necessary supply of coins in circulation.
They have been disappearing by the millions,
vanishing into the linings of men’s jackets,
down sewer openings, into piggy banks and in
other directions.
The disappearance is especially marked
with regard to pennies, which contain 95
percent copper. Many people have been
hoarding them, hoping to cash in on them
some day.
Because of that, the Mint has had to
produce no less than 9 billion pennies in the
year, together with some 4 billion other coins,
to meet the needs of business.
Houston County’s share of this output,
based upon equal distribution, was 4,326,000
coins with a face value of about $4.16 per
capita.
Robins, Panther Patrol;
2nd place, Troop 566
Warner Robins, Indian
Chief Patrol; 3rd place
(3-way tie) Troop 121,
Eagle Patrol, Troop 121,
Swamp Rat Patrol, Troop
122, Bobcat Patrol.
Leadership Corps: Ist
place, Troop 121, Green
Bar Patrol; 2nd place,
Troop 58, Flamming
Arrow Patrol; Ist place,
Troop 58, Leadership
Corps.
Reactor Transporter:
Scout Patrol: Ist place,
Troop 96, Antelope
Patrol; 2nd place, Troop
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STAY AND SEE
GEORGIA
and records for same
which may be obtained
free of charge through
the Perry-Houston
County Library for blind
or physically han
dicapped people. These
recordings are of books,
magazines or
newspapers. Further
information may be had
from Mrs. Judy Golden,
county librarian, or one
of her assistants.
Olin Taylor, treasurer,
reported 155 members
had paid 1978 chapter
dues and reminded others
that April 1 was the
deadline for payment of
dues.
Hosts for the March
meeting were Mr. and
Mrs. Louis Hartley, Mrs.
Macy Skinner, Mr. and
Mrs. Henry Rossier, Mr.
and Mrs. Alton Acres,
and Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Habitzruther.
Ninety two were
present at this enjoyable
supper meeting.
426, Bonaire, Brave
Cherokee Patrol, 3rd
place. Troop 566, Bobcat
Patrol.
Leadership Corps: Ist
place (tie), Troop 58,
Leadership Corps and
Troop 121, Green Bar
Patrol, 2nd place, Troop
122, Flamming Arrow
Patrol.
Klondike Derby Race;
Scout Patrol: Ist place,
Troop 96, Eagle Patrol;
2nd place, Troop 96,
Antelope Patrol; 3rd
place, Troop 426, Brave
Cherokee Patrol.
Leadership Corps: Ist
place, Troop 121, Green
Bar Patrol; 2nd place,
Troop 122, Flamming
Arrow Patrol; 3rd place,
Troop 58, Leadership
Corps.
Overall Best Troops:
Ist place, Troop
96, Perry; 2nd place,
Troop 566, Warner
Robins; 3rd place, Troop
426 Bonaire; 4th place,
Troop 246, Centerville.
The overall Camporee
Chief was Mr. Bob
Stokes. A special thanks
to the on-site Camporee
Chief, Col. Walt Sim
mons, who filled in for a
TDY Bob Stokes. Other
staff persons helped
make the Camporee a
success. The staff in
cluded: Larry Martin,
Raymond Haggard,
Jerry Stone, James
Bentley, Don Scaggs,
Andy Scheuermann, Lou
Parker, Mel Wenner, Bill
Wenner, Chuck Manire,
and District Scout
Chairman, George
Hughes.
The Order of the Arrow
conducted the closing
campfire under the
leadership of Chapter
Chief Brad Brechin and
Mark Williams.
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Card of
Thanks
v
The family of Mrs.
Louella Duncan sincerely
appreciate their many
friends for the kindness
shown them in their
sorrow. We thank you for
your prayers, presence,
floral, food, cards & soft
drinks. We especially
thank the staft at the New
Perry Nursing Home.
May God bless each of
you.
The family of
Mrs. Louella Duncan
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Members of Troop 225 sold a total of 1730 boxes of Girl Scout Cookies
and the top three salesgirls were awarded cash prizes for extra incentive.
Shown here receiving their awards are (L-R) Patti Green receiving $5 for
selling 173 boxes, Mrs. Donna Hayles - cookie chairman, Denise
Honeycutt - $lO prize for selling 254 boxes and Regina Hayles - $3 for
selling 154 boxes. Profits from the cookie sale go toward camping trips
and special outings during the year. Troop 225 also thanks the citizens of
Perry for supporting the sale again this year.
Prices Good Wed. March 22 Thru Tues March 28,1978
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Ratterree
Nominated
Wendy Ratterree,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Wendell Ratterree of
Clinchfield has been
nominated to serve on the
youth council of Augusta -
Macon Presbytery from
April 1978 through March
1979.
Wendy is a member of
the Clinchfield
Presbyterian Church.